jarsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From jar +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

jarsome (comparative more jarsome, superlative most jarsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by jarring.
    • 1899, The Harvard Lampoon, page 12:
      It might amuse you, and then you would stamp, and that jars me, gentlemen. Oh, it is awfully jarsome!
    • 1999, Harold S. Bloomenthal, Securities Law Handbook, page 228:
      These principles require companies to generally use the active voice, short sentences, and everyday words, and avoid jarsome commentators […]
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