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dawdlesome

adj

Etymology

From dawdle + -some.

  1. borrowed from dȫdelen — “to dawdle”
  2. suffixed as dawdlesome — “dawdle + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by dawdling

    • Mrs Parsons was as brisk as her husband was dawdlesome, and as plump and perky as he was slow.
    • “Sure don't see Ms. Allsbury's group? Probably moved on to their second observation. Less dawdlesome than us. Anyhow! We can conference right here. So? How about if you started us off? Mr. Besserian?”

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