doublesome

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English

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Etymology

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From double +‎ -some.

Adjective

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doublesome (comparative more doublesome, superlative most doublesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by being double; dual
    • 1913, John Bonner, George William Curtis, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's Weekly - Volume 58:
      To cranking the engine, as though it had wrought / This doublesome, / Troublesome, / Automobubblesome [...]
    • 1969, Gifford W. Wingate, Lion Who Wouldn't:
      He's always in trouble, This doublesome bubble, For eating his pie with a spoon.
    • 2006, Stephen Butler, A million little differences:
      Difference and ambiguity permeate the film and the motif of the ‘doublesome’ pods is replicated on a number of levels : production, consumption, generic structures and screenplay.