jerksome
English
Adjective
jerksome (comparative more jerksome, superlative most jerksome)
- Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.[1]
- 1880, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale:
- With females jolting up and down, upon no springs — except those of jerksome curiosity — conduct of this character was rude in the extreme.
Adjective
jerksome (comparative more jerksome, superlative most jerksome)
- Characteristic of a jerk, or obnoxious person.
- That was mighty jerksome of you.
- 1977, The New Yorker, volume 53:
- From time to time, Ace will, in a jerksome way, monotonize the conversation with witticisms too humorous to mention.
- 1998, Karen Salmansohn, Whip your Career into Submission:
- Okay, now lets say you said something to someone that irked him in some way — or else someone else said something irksome and jerksome to you.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. (1989)
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