doublesome

adj

doublesome

adj

Etymology From double + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by being double; dual

  • To cranking the engine, as though it had wrought / This doublesome, / Troublesome, / Automobubblesome [...]1913, John Bonner, George William Curtis, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's Weekly - Volume 58:
  • He's always in trouble, This doublesome bubble, For eating his pie with a spoon.1969, Gifford W. Wingate, Lion Who Wouldn't:
1 more example
  • Difference and ambiguity permeate the film and the motif of the ‘doublesome’ pods is replicated on a number of levels : production, consumption, generic structures and screenplay.2006, Stephen Butler, A million little differences:

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