bubblesome

English

Etymology

From bubble +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌbəlsəm/
• Rhymes: -ʌbəlsəm

Adjective

bubblesome (comparative more bubblesome, superlative most bubblesome)

1. Characterised by bubbles, bubbling, or bubbliness
   • 1906, Kahlil Gibran, The Life of Love:

     Let us retreat, for the tired brook has ceased its song; And the bubblesome springs are drained of their copious weeping; And their cautious old hills have stored away their colourful garments.

   • 2001, Tabor Evans, Longarm 270: Longarm and the Lady Bandit:

     Once he'd had his wicked way with her bubblesome derriere atop the desk and his booted feet on the rug, Miss Bubbles shyly confessed she'd been saving another treat for him and suggested he haul down his tweed pants a mite more and [...]

   • 2014, John Kendrick Bangs, The Booming of Acre Hill:

     "Whither away, boys?" he asked; in his usual bubblesome manner.

   • 2015, Jeffery Farnol, The Geste of Duke Jocelyn:

     Nay, hush thee, hush! and listen to yon blithesome, bubblesome, babbling brook how it sigheth 'mid the willows, whispereth under reedy bank and laugheth, rogue-like, in the shallows!

   • 2016, The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017: Special Anniversary Edition:

     This air's like champagne, dry and bubblesome.

Synonyms

• abubble, bubbly, fizzy; see also Thesaurus:effervescent