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strainsome

adj

Etymology

From strain + -some.

  1. inherited from strȳnd
  2. derived from *strew-✻
  3. inherited from *streuną✻
  4. inherited from strēon
  5. inherited from streen
  6. suffixed as strainsome — “strain + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by straining

    • There are 300 steps to the mountain and it is strainsome to ascend the stairs.
    • [...] when you looked me with those teary eyes / and heart pounding with strainsome cries [...]

The neighborhood

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