Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loadsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: load-some
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"The loadsome Clog attempted Haste impedes, / And, sliding, baulks th' industrious clumsy Treads."
"Simple as they may seem, the seven basic operations we just described can prove quite loadsome."

Etymology

From load + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: load

Inflected Forms

more loadsome (comparative) most loadsome (superlative)

Questions

What does loadsome mean?: burdensome
Where does loadsome come from?: From load + -some.

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