Barksome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by barking

    "I stepped over to the corner and lifted the sheets of paper, and there she was, tinier than I had remembered, and no longer fierce or barksome, and no longer any super dog, capable of great and daring leaps of escape, but instead a quivering, terrified little pup."

Example

More examples

"I stepped over to the corner and lifted the sheets of paper, and there she was, tinier than I had remembered, and no longer fierce or barksome, and no longer any super dog, capable of great and daring leaps of escape, but instead a quivering, terrified little pup."

Etymology

From bark + -some.

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