Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Scot. Causing fear; eerie.
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- adjective dialectal Causing
fear ;eerie .
Etymologies
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From eerie + -some.
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Examples
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The scene around me was lovely, but lonesome in the extreme, for there was not a house anywhere near, nor a sound to break the stillness except now and then the eerisome cry of the brown owl that flitted silently past overhead.
Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Gordon Stables 1875
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