foulsome

发音

/ˈfaʊlsəm/

词形变化

more foulsome 比较级 most foulsome 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characterised or marked by foulness or filth; filthy; (by extension) wretched.

词源

A variant of fulsome, from Middle English fulsome (“arousing disgust, loathsome”), remodelled after foul. Equivalent to foul + -some. Cognate with Scots foulsome, fowsum.

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