shamesome
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]shamesome (comparative more shamesome, superlative most shamesome)
- (chiefly Ireland, dialect) Deserving of shame; shameful.
- 1908, The Irish Monthly, volume 36, page 157:
- "Phew!" he thought, "it's all a notion of ye, man, and a shamesome notion. […] "
- 2011, Alan MacDonald, Goat Pie:
- 'And look where it's got you,' said Grumpa. 'Living next door to peeples! It's shamesome. […]
- (nonce word) An appropriate level of shame.
- 2016, Vanessa Upton, Review: Ken Cheng, Chinese Comedian[1]:
- The premise was that too little shame is just as bad as too much shame, but there is a happy medium, which he termed “shamesome”.