Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pattersome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pat-ter-some
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by pattering

Example Sentences

"Of course among lilts so light many are unequal — some, if we may so term them, too "pattersome" for their subjects ; but if all are not poetry, all are at least verse — a rarer quality in these pretentious days than some imagine."
"Of course I know that gnomes do not exist; neither could I have believed that the Bamileke people were real until I saw them working in the fields, scuttering down the roads under colossal burdens, so pattersome and twinklefoot are they."

Etymology

From patter + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: patter

Inflected Forms

more pattersome (comparative) most pattersome (superlative)

Questions

What does pattersome mean?: Characterised or marked by pattering
Where does pattersome come from?: From patter + -some.

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