coolsome

adj

coolsome

adj

Etymology From cool + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by coolness.

  • Ferny dells; wide uplands, dappled with rays of golden light; intense depths of coolsome shadowy boughs heavy with leafiness, and ringing with music; stately “pillared aisles” of glorious trees, which in the olden time lent life and vigour to the scene […]1869, John Greville Fennell, The Rail and the Rod, Or, Tourist-angler's Guide to Waters and Quarters Thirty Miles Around London:
  • I din't say yay, I said, coolsome'n'stony, Grazin' goats ain't int'restin' for folks with so much Smart as you.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
1 more example
  • Well, by morning the little girl was coolsome, but plumb wore down to nothing.2014, Bruce Thorstad, Deadwood Dick and the Code of the West:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.