dronesome

adj

Etymology

From drone + -some.

  1. inherited from *dʰreh₁n- — “bee, drone, hornet
  2. inherited from *drēniz
  3. inherited from *drānu
  4. inherited from drān
  5. inherited from drane
  6. suffixed as dronesome — “drone + some

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by droning

    • “It was that dronesome prefect, Williams-May. I got off lightly, actually. Thorpe was caught doing the same thing last night and got caned before breakfast.”
    • From a cobweb-shrouded gaggle of dronesome mapmakers, the Department has been transformed and enlarged into a network of spies, all answering directly to Mrs. Fletcher as they comb all of England's cities and countryside.
    • In hindsight, Frida's late-Sixties recordings have aged better than many of the oompah schlagers and dronesome ballads that were major hits around this time.

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