puckersome

English

Etymology

From pucker +‎ -some.

Adjective

puckersome (comparative more puckersome, superlative most puckersome)

1. Characterised or marked by puckering
   • 1970, David Quammen, To walk the line: a novel:

     She spun around, silk gliding silently across polished piano bench, and met them with a radiant, puckersome smile.

   • 2012, Niki Segnit, The Flavor Thesaurus:

     If you grow your own apples, or keep fresh apples bought from a farmer's market in cold storage, you'll notice that over time both cooking and dessert apples become less acid and more sweet: even a puckersome Bramley can develop into an eater, albeit a sharp one, by March.

   • 2014, Sarah Platanitis, Perfect plates: Foodies take photos of their Thanksgiving meals‎^[1]:

     The cranberry sides look both sweet and puckersome.

   • 2015, Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm, The Week‎^[2]:

     Take one bite of melon salad with mint, feta, and fiery harissa, or a sip of perfectly puckersome watermelonade and you'll be a convert.