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English
Etymology
From loud + -some.
Adjective
loudsome (comparative more loudsome, superlative most loudsome)
- (chiefly poetic) Characterised or marked by loudness; noisy
1988, Richard Outram, Hiram and Jenny:But from his frequent dreams, / whether he tumbles with wet women, / rude and loudsome and joyous, / or walks strait through the door left ajar into the severed light, [...]
2009, Clyde A. Milner II, Carol A. O'Connor, As Big as the West:The next day, Andrew Fergus noted that “Eight scouts went down as far as B's woodyard & 7 of us kept camp quiet loudsome [sic].”
2012, Roy Kerr, Buck Ewing:A happy man is the base ball star, / Who has good eyes and whose foot is fleet: / It's luck he isn't driving a car / Through the loudsome smells of a crosstown street.
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