Daresome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterised or marked by daring
"Pa was coming along with that kind of daresome and hangdog look all at once like when he has been up to something he knows ma aint ^([sic]) going to like..."
Example
More examples"Pa was coming along with that kind of daresome and hangdog look all at once like when he has been up to something he knows ma aint ^([sic]) going to like..."
Etymology
From dare + -some.
More for "daresome"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.