swearsome

English

Etymology

From swear +‎ -some.

Adjective

swearsome (comparative more swearsome, superlative most swearsome)

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