puckersome
English
Etymology
From pucker + -some.
Adjective
puckersome (comparative more puckersome, superlative most puckersome)
- Characterised or marked by puckering
- 1970, David Quammen, To walk the line: a novel:
- She spun around, silk gliding silently across polished piano bench, and met them with a radiant, puckersome smile.
- 2012, Niki Segnit, The Flavor Thesaurus:
- If you grow your own apples, or keep fresh apples bought from a farmer's market in cold storage, you'll notice that over time both cooking and dessert apples become less acid and more sweet: even a puckersome Bramley can develop into an eater, albeit a sharp one, by March.
- 2014, Sarah Platanitis, http://www.masslive.com/food/2014/11/thankfulgram_foodie_photos_of.html, Perfect plates: Foodies take photos of their Thanksgiving meals:
- The cranberry sides look both sweet and puckersome.
- 2015, Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm, http://theweek.com/articles/567153/13-summer-recipes-that-use-melon, The Week:
- Take one bite of melon salad with mint, feta, and fiery harissa, or a sip of perfectly puckersome watermelonade and you'll be a convert.
- 1970, David Quammen, To walk the line: a novel: