jumblesome

jumblesome

English

Etymology

From jumble +‎ -some.

Adjective

jumblesome (comparative more jumblesome, superlative most jumblesome)

1. Characterised or marked by jumbling; characteristic of a jumble
   • 1879, Henry Rust Mighels, Sage Brush Leaves:

     And this jumblesome mess of odds and ends is all I have done in these weeks of absence, save the letter which I wrote just after coining here.

   • 2016, Dennis P. Affholter, Letter to the Editor:

     A jumblesome profusion of cuttings and grafts offers a more promising metaphor than does bonsai.