tanglesome

adj — 2 senses

tanglesome

adj

Etymology From tangle + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.

It is not to tease you, and hurt you, my sweet, / But only for kindness and care, / That I wash you and dress you, and make you look neat, / And comb out your tanglesome hair.1850, Edward Livermore, Phebe, The Blackberry Girl:

2

UK, Dialectal Quarrelsome.

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