weightsome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, possessing, or characterised by weight; weighty; weightful; heavy; grave; grievous.
Example Sentences
- "On next meeting Mrs. Ottarson, she permitted no semblance of complaint or of adverse criticism to evidence the weightsome discouragement that oppressed her."
- ""Fate-dispenser," Medford Browne was wont to ask her on occasion, "how canst thou be so blithe when so weightsome is thy day's allotment of labor?""
Etymology
From weight + -some.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more weightsome (comparative)
most weightsome (superlative)