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dearsome

adj

Etymology

From dear + -some.

  1. inherited from *diurijaz✻ — “dear, precious, expensive”
  2. inherited from *diurī✻
  3. inherited from dīere — “of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”
  4. inherited from dere
  5. suffixed as dearsome — “dear + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by dearness

    Characterised or marked by dearness; precious; costly

    • See, if you don't cut that rope, inside o' three moons your dearsome fam'ly be dead, I vow it!
    • Standing, a dearsome almond tree [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA