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spoilsome

adj

Etymology

From spoil + -some.

  1. derived from spoliō — “pillage, ruin, spoil”
  2. derived from espoillier
  3. inherited from spoilen
  4. suffixed as spoilsome — “spoil + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised by spoiling or ruin

    Characterised by spoiling or ruin; ruinous

    • They muss our Monday washing up; on Tuesdays steal our tubs; a most distressful nuisance are these soilsome, spoilsome Blubs.
    • A childish (and Rousseau-ist) view of children as noble savages often is part of a belief that nature is a sweet garden and science and technology are spoilsome intrusions.
    • In my country, it's awful weather. And spoilsome weather.

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