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broilsome

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Etymology

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From broil +‎ -some.

Adjective

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broilsome (comparative more broilsome, superlative most broilsome)

  1. Marked by broiling or brawling; contentious; rowdy
    • 1981, Reginald Allen Brown, Proceedings of the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies: 1980. III:
      We think of broilsome Norman lords — and so they were — but in their broilsomeness and insecurity they sought, and even abided by, tenure decisions lent legitimacy by the elevation to the inheritance of one of a finite number of 'rightful' heirs.
    • 2016, John Graves, Hard Scrabble:
      If a man was broil-some, he was likely to go whole-hog about it, utilizing tire irons and stones and teeth.

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