shamesome
adjEtymology From shame + -some.
- "Phew!" he thought, "it's all a notion of ye, man, and a shamesome notion. […]"1908, The Irish Monthly, volume 36, page 157:
- 'And look where it's got you,' said Grumpa. 'Living next door to peeples! It's shamesome. […]2011, Alan MacDonald, Goat Pie:
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Nonce word An appropriate level of shame.
- The premise was that too little shame is just as bad as too much shame, but there is a happy medium, which he termed “shamesome”.2016, Vanessa Upton, Review: Ken Cheng, Chinese Comedian: