scratchsome

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English

Etymology

From scratch +‎ -some.

Adjective

scratchsome (comparative more scratchsome, superlative most scratchsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by scratching or scratchiness
    • 2008, Douglas Kendall, America's Reigning Cats and Dogs!:
      “ Universal vet care!” The Reverend Justly Scratchsome spoke, “Everybody should have that. ”
    • 2011, Philip Jose Farmer, Gods of Riverworld:
      “This bottling-up will be scratchsome, no doubt of that. ”
    • 2014, Sandra Hill, A Tale of Two Vikings:
      “Remind me again why we are trudging about in scratchsome chain sherts over padded leather tunics, all that covered with wet fur pelts, carrying heavy shields and swords and battleaxes, during a hailstorm, smack down the middle of enemy lands, like bloody game pigeons?”