dribblesome

adj

Etymology

From dribble + -some.

  1. inherited from *drepaną
  2. inherited from drepan
  3. inherited from drepen
  4. suffixed as dribble — “drib + le
  5. suffixed as dribblesome — “dribble + some

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by dribbling

    Characterised or marked by dribbling; dribbly

    • After supper — which is a lengthy, spoon-fed, dribblesome business — he likes to play Schubert or Brahms on the Steinway in the conservatory.
    • Would rather be music than be a mass of tubes squeezing semisolids around itself for a few decades before becoming so dribblesome it'll no longer function.

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