duelsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

duel +‎ -some

Adjective[edit]

duelsome (comparative more duelsome, superlative most duelsome)

  1. Inclined to duelling.
    • 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC:
      He is, moreover, one of the most useful persons in society that can possibly be; for besides being incorrigibly duelsome on his own account, he is, for others, the most acute and peaceable counsellor in the world […]

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