dearsome

English

Etymology

From dear +‎ -some.

Adjective

dearsome (comparative more dearsome, superlative most dearsome)

1. Characterised or marked by dearness; precious; costly
   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     See, if you don't cut that rope, inside o' three moons your dearsome fam'ly be dead, I vow it!

   • 2014, Rita Joyce Singh, Not Done with Loving Yet:

     Standing, a dearsome almond tree [...]

Anagrams

• Rosemead, daresome, seadrome