Tanglesome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.
"It is not to tease you, and hurt you, my sweet, / But only for kindness and care, / That I wash you and dress you, and make you look neat, / And comb out your tanglesome hair."
- 2 Quarrelsome. UK, dialectal
Example
More examples"It is not to tease you, and hurt you, my sweet, / But only for kindness and care, / That I wash you and dress you, and make you look neat, / And comb out your tanglesome hair."
Etymology
From tangle + -some.
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