UGSOME

Etymology

Adjective

ugsome (comparative more ugsome, superlative most ugsome)

(chiefly, UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) Ugly; horrible; disgusting; offensive, loathsome, repellent.

Source: Wiktionary


Ug"some, a. [Ugly.]

Definition: Ugly; offensive; loathsome. [Obs.] -- Ug"some*ness, n. [Obs.] "The horror and ugsomeness of death." Latimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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