Friendsome
adj, slang
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Indicating or characterised by friendship; in manner, like or befitting a friend; friendlike; friendly. colloquial, usually
"Everyone outside my mother called father Eben. Father looked up and smiled. He and Miss Bet had been terrible friendsome ever since the day when, as a tiddleliwinkie snip o' a child [...]"
Example
More examples"Everyone outside my mother called father Eben. Father looked up and smiled. He and Miss Bet had been terrible friendsome ever since the day when, as a tiddleliwinkie snip o' a child [...]"
Etymology
From Middle English frendsome, equivalent to friend + -some (adjective). Compare Scots friendsome (“friendly”), Dutch vriendzaam (“friendly”), German freundsam (“friendly”).
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