bloodsome

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bloodsome¹

adjective more bloodsome · most bloodsome

  1. Marked by blood; bloody (all senses). The sight of the rope against the whitewashed wall and the thought of the bloodsome uproar which was about to smash the peace of the night into hash served to deepen that rummy feeling to which I have alluded.

bloodsome²

Where it comes from

Blend of blood + foursome.

noun

  1. A kind of greensome game in which the opposition pairing choose which ball is played.

    Similar: gruesome

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@misc{bloodsome_2026,
  title = {bloodsome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bloodsome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}