Bitesome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by biting

    ""Flies very bitesome.""

  2. 2
    Causing emotional sting; disappointing; unsatisfactory broadly

    "[…] and, as for the other inconveniences, I remember that a Chinese woman who was just beginning to speak English said to her teacher: “Ma'am, in summer the inns are very bitesome. […]”"

  3. 3
    Having a bite to it; piquant.

    "Eight dollars affords you an incredible salmon filet, cooked to perfection and dressed with a cucumber yogurt sauce — the perfect contrast to the bitesome peppercorn crust."

Example

More examples

"In the first place, a genuine good cider flip could never be made until Boreas came with "bitesome breezes and blew- some blastesses" and froze the barrel of cider in the garret."

Etymology

From bite + -some.

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