dearsome

adj

dearsome

adj

Etymology From dear + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by dearness; precious; costly

See, if you don't cut that rope, inside o' three moons your dearsome fam'ly be dead, I vow it!2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
Standing, a dearsome almond tree [...]2014, Rita Joyce Singh, Not Done with Loving Yet:

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