dronesome

adj

dronesome

adj

Etymology From drone + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by droning

  • “It was that dronesome prefect, Williams-May. I got off lightly, actually. Thorpe was caught doing the same thing last night and got caned before breakfast.”2007, Eva Rice, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets:
  • From a cobweb-shrouded gaggle of dronesome mapmakers, the Department has been transformed and enlarged into a network of spies, all answering directly to Mrs. Fletcher as they comb all of England's cities and countryside.2013, K. W. Jeter, Fiendish Schemes:
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  • In hindsight, Frida's late-Sixties recordings have aged better than many of the oompah schlagers and dronesome ballads that were major hits around this time.2014, Carl Magnus Palm, Abba: Bright Lights Dark Shadows:

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