guttersome

English

Etymology

From gutter +‎ -some.

Adjective

guttersome (comparative more guttersome, superlative most guttersome)

1. Characteristic or indicative of a gutter
   • 2001, Yang-Un Moon Eiman, Yang-Un Moon, Guillotine and Elopement:

     ...orientation of dichotomous hauling strange ambiverance...telltale of strangling ululating guttersome fiction out of still lack of hauling intelligence to cap on smooth march of freedom parade...skillful narration,...navigators persistence invincible ...

   • 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council:

     Two rivers ran, and met, and became one big old thing, the Gross Tar, guttersome and groaning as it passed out of city limits through the stubs of a bridge, through shantytowns in New Crobuzon's orbit, looking for the sea.

Anagrams

• gustometer