wordsome

English

Etymology

From word +‎ -some.

Adjective

wordsome (comparative more wordsome, superlative most wordsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by words
    • 1971, The New York Times Biographical Service, volume 2, page 4331:
      In possibly the most succinct capsulization of his wordsome gospel, Mishan declared recently: "I am not one of those who believe that the original Luddites were wholly wrong."
    • 1997, Duane R. Nedrud, The Supreme Court and the Law of Criminal Investigation, III:
      There are, of course numerous cases to be found in SCCL that are not included in this volume. Using such the black letter law helped to make the volume less “wordsome” (burdensome).
    • 2017, Kevin McIlvoy, 57 Octaves Below Middle C, page 56:
      It didn't have words, but it had emitted a wordsome gurgle.
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