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tanglesome

adj

Etymology

From tangle + -some.

  1. derived from þang
  2. derived from tång
  3. derived from tang
  4. suffixed as tanglesome — “tangle + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.

    • It is not to tease you, and hurt you, my sweet, / But only for kindness and care, / That I wash you and dress you, and make you look neat, / And comb out your tanglesome hair.

  2. Quarrelsome.

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