harrisome
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English
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[edit]harrisome (comparative more harrisome, superlative most harrisome)
- Characterised or marked by harrying or harriedness
- 2014, Howard Gordon, Cry Heaven, Cry Hell:
- He never had to fight in a foreign war, but what he had to deal with in the turf fights with Spanish people and with Blacks proved every bit as harrisome as Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal.
- 2015, Axel Madsen, Gloria and Joe:
- It was, H. L. Mencken opined, “the stupidest and most harrisome ever heard of ... a convention of country postmasters, federal marshals and receivers in bankruptcy. [...]”