ugglesome
English
Alternative forms
- uglesome, uglysome (dialectal)
Etymology
From earlier *uglisome, uglysome, equivalent to ugly + -some.
Adjective
ugglesome (comparative more ugglesome, superlative most ugglesome)
- (archaic) Ugly, hideous.
- 1583, Philip Stubbes, Anatomy of Abuses
- ...so she died miserably, her body being metamorphosed into black and blue colors, most ugglesome to behold.
- 1583, Philip Stubbes, Anatomy of Abuses