Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ficklesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fick-le-some
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by fickleness.

Example Sentences

""Cut, then stain with blossom juice from Blood-of-Christ bush. Sew pieces together with rose thorn needle. Hammer heel into sole with hawthorn nails. Polish with twelve drops of faery spit." 'Twas a ficklesome job, and she'd already broken two fingernails."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fickle 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 ficklesome From fickle + -some.

Inflected Forms

more ficklesome (comparative) most ficklesome (superlative)

Questions

What does ficklesome mean?: Characterised or marked by fickleness.
Where does ficklesome come from?: Etymology tree English fickle 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 ficklesome From fickle + -some.

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