doublesome

doublesome

English

Etymology

From double +‎ -some.

Adjective

doublesome (comparative more doublesome, superlative most doublesome)

1. Characterised or marked by being double; dual
   • 1913, John Bonner, ‎George William Curtis, ‎Henry Mills Alden, Harper's Weekly - Volume 58:

     To cranking the engine, as though it had wrought / This doublesome, / Troublesome, / Automobubblesome [...]

   • 1969, Gifford W. Wingate, Lion Who Wouldn't:

     He's always in trouble, This doublesome bubble, For eating his pie with a spoon.

   • 2006, Stephen Butler, A million little differences:

     Difference and ambiguity permeate the film and the motif of the ‘doublesome’ pods is replicated on a number of levels : production, consumption, generic structures and screenplay.