truthsome

truthsome

English

Etymology

    From truth + -some.

    Adjective

    truthsome (comparative more truthsome, superlative most truthsome)

    1. (rare) Marked by truth; actual; truthful
      • 1922, Harry Franklin Harrington, Writing for Print[1], page 119:
        You lose regard for the truthsome fact / And 'scape the provisions of the Volstead Act.
      • 2000, Andrew Hodgkiss, From Lesion to Metaphor:
        Hallucinations of the insane involve loss of insight while in 'visions' insight is maintained while the sensory phenomena remain just as vivid and 'truthsome'.
      • 2002, Heart of Gold, Firefly, episode:
        Inara, I ain't looking for anything from you. I'm just feeling kind of truthsome right now.
      • 2003, J. B. Miller, The Satanic Nurses:
        He would see himself the image of the ageless one as, athwart and abrazened, the tally-caster coast of crimson breeze bespoke its truthsome squeal.