Marmsome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characteristic or typical of a marm; motherly; matronly archaic, dialectal, rare
"He was surrounded by three females, all his abject slaves ! a cook, a sort of marmsome housekeeper, who waited at table, and his typewriter amanuensis, who was subserviently tyrannical, as she should be."
Example
More examples"He was surrounded by three females, all his abject slaves ! a cook, a sort of marmsome housekeeper, who waited at table, and his typewriter amanuensis, who was subserviently tyrannical, as she should be."
Etymology
From marm + -some.
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