jumblesome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From jumble +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

jumblesome (comparative more jumblesome, superlative most jumblesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by jumbling; characteristic of a jumble
    • 1879, Henry Rust Mighels, Sage Brush Leaves:
      And this jumblesome mess of odds and ends is all I have done in these weeks of absence, save the letter which I wrote just after coining here.
    • 2016, Dennis P. Affholter, Letter to the Editor:
      A jumblesome profusion of cuttings and grafts offers a more promising metaphor than does bonsai.