Pattersome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterised or marked by pattering
"Of course among lilts so light many are unequal — some, if we may so term them, too "pattersome" for their subjects ; but if all are not poetry, all are at least verse — a rarer quality in these pretentious days than some imagine."
Example
More examples"Of course among lilts so light many are unequal — some, if we may so term them, too "pattersome" for their subjects ; but if all are not poetry, all are at least verse — a rarer quality in these pretentious days than some imagine."
Etymology
From patter + -some.
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