Tempersome

//ˈtɛmpəsəm// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody.

    "And now that it is so tempersome and cold you are always going out into the nastiness and getting wet or frozen every day."

Example

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"And now that it is so tempersome and cold you are always going out into the nastiness and getting wet or frozen every day."

Etymology

From temper + -some.

Related phrases

bad tempered

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