Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guttlesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gut-tle-some
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous.

British usage

Example Sentences

"'What one of those guttlesome parsons who came every year to our dinners?' A momentary sadness passed over the company; on my mind the impression lingered; the talking, eating, evangelical parson, always going out to dinners, was dead."
"Since when I've cleared the table to feed these guttlesome swans—on the best cake, too, which is simply immoral."

Etymology

From guttle (“to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble; to guzzle; to eat voraciously; to gorge”) + -some (“characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: guttle

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more guttlesome (comparative) most guttlesome (superlative)

Questions

What does guttlesome mean?: Greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous.
Where does guttlesome come from?: From guttle (“to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble; to guzzle; to eat voraciously; to gorge”) + -some (“characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree”).

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