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English
Etymology
From bleak + -some.
Adjective
bleaksome (comparative more bleaksome, superlative most bleaksome)
- (rare) Characterised or marked by bleakness; bleak
1842, George King Matthews, Poems: to which is added, Belmont house, a play:He heedeth not the bleaksome air /Whilst to his work he doth repair; [...]
- 1901, St. Mary's Hospital Gazette:
- No student will be seen, / White-coated, fresh and green, / Trampling those bleaksome steps with groanings loud.
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