dearsome

English

Etymology

From dear +‎ -some.

Adjective

dearsome (comparative more dearsome, superlative most dearsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by dearness; precious; costly
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
      See, if you don't cut that rope, inside o' three moons your dearsome fam'ly be dead, I vow it!
    • 2014, Rita Joyce Singh, Not Done with Loving Yet:
      Standing, a dearsome almond tree [...]

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