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vengesome

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English

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Etymology

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From venge +‎ -some.

Adjective

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vengesome (comparative more vengesome, superlative most vengesome)

  1. (rare) Vengeful.
    Synonyms: avengeful, vindictive; see also Thesaurus:vengeful
    • 1916, The Moving Picture World, volume 28, page 287:
      The crystal globe of the Mystic aids the vengesome Sheik, and he recovers the gem.
    • 1992, Loren D. Estleman, Sudden Country, page 61:
      He looked a vengesome angel with his white hair and beard.
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
      Right now the shaft's plug-gin the wound, yay, we got to get to friendsome ground first then I'll— Drummin' o' vengesome hoofs was nearin' up Pololu Track.
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