broilsome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Marked by broiling or brawling; contentious; rowdy.
Example Sentences
- "We think of broilsome Norman lords — and so they were — but in their broilsomeness and insecurity they sought, and even abided by, tenure decisions lent legitimacy by the elevation to the inheritance of one of a finite number of 'rightful' heirs."
- "If a man was broil-some, he was likely to go whole-hog about it, utilizing tire irons and stones and teeth."
Etymology
Etymology tree English broil 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 broilsome From broil + -some.
Inflected Forms
more broilsome (comparative)
most broilsome (superlative)
broil-some (alternative)
Derived Forms
broilsomeness