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powersome

adj

Etymology

From power + -some.

  1. derived from possum
  2. derived from posso
  3. derived from poeir
  4. inherited from power
  5. suffixed as powersome — “power + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by power

    Characterised or marked by power; powerful.

    • "Uch ay," said MacErchar, "they be's powersome brutes— powersome brutes, in troth, and plaguy cunning..
    • So he moseyed over by the tracks to light up and loiter in the darker shadows of the water tower as a million years went by and then at last he spied the headlamp of a powersome Baldwin 4-6-2 puffing, thirsty, up from the southwest.
    • “Gun, yes! But he is rich and powersome, and was our mayor. […]”

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