bickersome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by bickering.
Example Sentences
- "In a colonial setting, moreover, they are particularly revealing of the bickersome process of constructing a new social structure out of a diverse population of natives and newcomers."
- "This emphasis underscores Louis XIV's rejection of bickersome Paris for the tranquil countryside of Versailles, but also symbolized the expansion of absolute power outside of the capital and into the most remote rural corners of the realm."
- "And once you become a bickersome couple it's a short ride to bitter and trapped."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bikjaną Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan Old Dutch *bikken Middle Dutch bickenbor. Proto-Germanic *-urōną Proto-West Germanic *-urōn Old English -erian Middle English -eren Middle English bikeren English bicker Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English bickersome From bicker + -some.
Inflected Forms
more bickersome (comparative)
most bickersome (superlative)