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tinklesome

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English

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Etymology

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From tinkle +‎ -some.

Adjective

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tinklesome (comparative more tinklesome, superlative most tinklesome)

  1. 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.