bundlesome

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English

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Etymology

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From bundle +‎ -some.

Adjective

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bundlesome (comparative more bundlesome, superlative most bundlesome)

  1. Characteristic of a bundle or bundling
    • 2008, John Dufresne, Deep in the Shade of Paradise:
      She looked up and saw a man across the bayou carrying a bundlesome sack of groceries.
    • 2013, R. E. Mitchell, Souls of Lions:
      “Hey! They've got a buffalo robe!” George seized his brother's outstretched arm. “Leave it! It didn't save them and it won't save you. Besides, it's too damned bundlesome.”
    • 2016, Keith Laumer, Star Colony:
      Still huddled together, bundlesome in cold-weather gear, they moved awkwardly to the personnel hatch, which on command opened and deployed the short escalator.