bleaksome

adj

bleaksome

adj

Etymology From bleak + -some.

1

Rare Characterised or marked by bleakness; bleak

He heedeth not the bleaksome air /Whilst to his work he doth repair; [...]1842, George King Matthews, Poems: to which is added, Belmont house, a play:
No student will be seen, / White-coated, fresh and green, / Trampling those bleaksome steps with groanings loud.1901, St. Mary's Hospital Gazette

1 more example

A bleaksome'n'dark choice to settle, Zachry, she replied.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:

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