▪ I. battlesome, a.1 rare.
(ˈbæt(ə)lsəm)
[f. as battler3 + -some.]
Given to fighting, quarrelsome.
| 1877 Daily News 10 Nov. 6/1 To be strong, France needs not be battlesome. 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 690 Of battlesome wit..the author has so much of his own that he has given some to all of his characters. |
▪ II. † ˈbattlesome, a.2 Obs. rare.
[f. battle v.3 + -some.]
Nutritious.
| 1627 J. Carter Plaine & Comp. Expos. 23 The most foysonable and battlesome word, and Ordinances of God. |