swearsome

adj

swearsome

adj

Etymology From swear + -some.

1

Nonstandard, Rare Characterised or marked by swearing

  • He must have been a rather swearsome hero while the flies and dust lasted.1918, Ethel Turner, Bertram Stevens, The Australian Soldiers' Gift Book:
  • Depth not too great — say 6 to 10 fathoms — and bottom a swearsome one.1967, Thomas Welsby, Andrew Kilpatrick Thomson, The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby - Volume 1:

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