spoilsome

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English

Etymology

From spoil +‎ -some.

Adjective

spoilsome (comparative more spoilsome, superlative most spoilsome)

  1. Characterised by spoiling or ruin; ruinous
    • 1918, St. Nicholas, Volume 45, Part 2:
      They muss our Monday washing up; on Tuesdays steal our tubs; a most distressful nuisance are these soilsome, spoilsome Blubs.
    • 1984, Gary Goshgarian, The Contemporary Reader from Little, Brown:
      A childish (and Rousseau-ist) view of children as noble savages often is part of a belief that nature is a sweet garden and science and technology are spoilsome intrusions.
    • 1985, Blanche McCord Harrison, Changes in infant feeding practices of Vietnamese refugees interpreted through qualitative data:
      In my country, it's awful weather. And spoilsome weather.
    • 1987, National Fisherman, volume 68:
      Back in the spoilsome comforts of Kodiak and about to fly south again, I trade friendly barbs with my skipper over the seven-day St. Matthew opening.
    • 2005, Calvin Seerveld, Voicing God's Psalms:
      My spoilsome sin is ever in front of my face.

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