loudsome

adj

loudsome

adj

Etymology From loud + -some.

1

Poetic Characterised or marked by loudness; noisy

  • But from his frequent dreams, / whether he tumbles with wet women, / rude and loudsome and joyous, / or walks strait through the door left ajar into the severed light, [...]1988, Richard Outram, Hiram and Jenny:
  • The next day, Andrew Fergus noted that “Eight scouts went down as far as B's woodyard & 7 of us kept camp quiet loudsome [sic].”2009, Clyde A. Milner II, Carol A. O'Connor, As Big as the West:
1 more example
  • A happy man is the base ball star, / Who has good eyes and whose foot is fleet: / It's luck he isn't driving a car / Through the loudsome smells of a crosstown street.2012, Roy Kerr, Buck Ewing:
Synonyms
ruckusy

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