Barksome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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