jugglesome

jugglesome

English

Alternative forms

• juggle-some

Etymology

From juggle +‎ -some.

Adjective

jugglesome (comparative more jugglesome, superlative most jugglesome)

1. Characterised or marked by juggling
   • 1901, The Tariff Review - Volume 28:

     Why not adhere to that system in spite of all the jugglesome theories and disguised pleas in the interest of our competitors?

   • 1914, The Traffic World - Volume 12:

     The committee on rules, obeying the caucus instruction, has reported that it is prepared to smooth the way for the passage of an abolition bill such as the caucus, in its jugglesome way indorsed on June 25, but it says it has no authority to frame an abolition bill.

   • 1951, Howard Whitman, Terror in the streets:

     But even more important than these jugglesome statistics is the aura and atmosphere of the city itself.

   • 2013, Sean Bryan, The Juggling Pug:

     “He's a troublesome, worrisome, juggle-some pug.”