shortsome

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shortsome

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From short + -some. For sense development from short to amusing, compare merry.

adjective more shortsome · most shortsome

Scotland, UK, dialectal Marked, or characterised by shortness; (by extension) (of time) amusing; enjoyable […] and when the weather confined me within doors, my pencil and my violin made the time "unco shortsome."

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@misc{shortsome_2026,
  title = {shortsome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shortsome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}