tinklesome
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tinklesome (comparative more tinklesome, superlative most tinklesome)
- Characterised or marked by tinkling
- 1910, The International, volumes 3-4:
- All verse should be tinklesome and vague, and so written that it cannot offend any known or possible variety of fool who can raise the price of a magazine.
- 1930, James Agate, Gemel in London:
- As his mood was, Mozart would be dismissed as entirely tinklesome, or pæaned as utterly celestial.