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rivalsome

adj

Etymology

From rival + -some.

  1. learned borrowing from rīvālis
  2. formed as rivalsome — “rival + -some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by rivalry

    • Strength of numbers against foes, in a more populous and rivalsome world, was an added if not paramount consideration.
    • But perhaps most significantly, Java's Sun ties and VRML's SGI ties affiliated them with two of the Valley's most famously rivalsome rivals.

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