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Etymology edit

From banter +‎ -some.

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bantersome (comparative more bantersome, superlative most bantersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by banter
    • 1964, Newsweek, volume 63, page 19:
      He was less bantersome by the weekend, threatening after one burst of shouts to hold Tonahill in contempt.
    • 1998, Abdul Rasheed Naʼallah, Ogoni's Agonies, page 187:
      At that time, Saro-Wiwa was locked in a critical and somewhat bantersome exchange with fellow writer and critic, Odia Ofeimun.

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