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ugsome, a. Chiefly north. and Sc. (ˈʌgsəm) Forms: 5 vg-, ugsom, 6 vgsoom; 5–6 vgsome (5 hwg-), 6 ougsome, 6– ugsome; Sc. 5–6 vg-, wgsum, 6–8 ugsum (6 -sume). [f. ug v. + -some.] Horrible, horrid, loathsome. In older use common down to the latter part of the 16th cent. Literary currency in the 19th c...
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hugesome
[hugesome, a. erroneous alteration of ugsome, horrible, dreadful. [Cf. hugge v.]a 1568 Coverdale Hope Faithf. xxvi. (Parker Soc. II. 205), No tongue is able to express the terrible and hugesome [orig. ed. ugsome] pain and punishment thereof.]
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hugsome
▪ I. hugsome, a. (ˈhʌgsəm) [f. hug v. + -some1.] Such as invites hugging, huggable (see also quot. 1893).1893 Farmer & Henley Slang III. 375/2 Hugsome adj. (colloquial), carnally attractive; fuckable. 1894 Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 417/1 A [bear's] long, straining, hugsome hug, which breaks the dog's ribs...
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ugsomeness
ugsomeness (ˈʌgsəmnɪs) Also 5–6 vgsomnes (6 ug-), 5 hugsomenes, 6 Sc. wgsumnes. [f. prec. +-ness.] † a. Loathing. Obs. b. The quality of being ugsome; loathsomeness; ugliness.c 1440 Alph. Tales 117 He had lepre folk in so grete vgsomnes þat he myght not suffer to se þaim. 1483 Cath. Angl. 401/2 An V...
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hw-
▪ I. hw- a frequent OE. initial element (:—OTeut. hw-, pre-Teut. kw-), for which wh- was afterwards substituted; e.g. OE. hwá, hwelp, hwistle, hw{yacu}, hwylc (early ME. hwuch), now who, whelp, whistle, why, which. All OE. and early ME. words in hw- included in this dictionary will be found under wh...
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