Quakesome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterised or marked by quaking
"At street corners after dark in the West End, and up courts in the City, may be heard the hoarse cornet à piston, the quakesome flute, and eke the twanging harp, in trinity of dissonance; [...]"
Example
More examples"At street corners after dark in the West End, and up courts in the City, may be heard the hoarse cornet à piston, the quakesome flute, and eke the twanging harp, in trinity of dissonance; [...]"
Etymology
From quake + -some.
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