smothersome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by smothering.
Example Sentences
- "She hated the smothersome dresses her mother chose; she had no clue what to say to the beaux who sidled up to her."
- "He was a nice young man, a friendly sort and a gent, not smothersome as some are, but I told him I wasn't a settled person and usually after a couple of dates I scooted with the wind in my sails."
Etymology
Etymology tree English smother 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 smothersome From smother + -some.
Inflected Forms
more smothersome (comparative)
most smothersome (superlative)