battlesome
/ˈbætəlsəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by battling; quarrelsome.
Example Sentences
- "He was an ill/favoured young fellow with the scar of some old fight running down his face; the Thames boatmen were ever a battlesome crew."
- "This letter, however, is Ellen Willmott writing in a style in which she felt much more comfortable: downright, partisan, battlesome and uncaring for the feelings of others."
Etymology
From battle + -some.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more battlesome (comparative)
most battlesome (superlative)