English

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From dank +‎ -some.

Adjective

edit

danksome (comparative more danksome, superlative most danksome)

  1. Characterised or marked by dankness
    • 2006, Tad Williams, Shadowmarch:
      “[...] Go where there is moving air, we must—even in these dank-some caves there must be such a place, methinks.”
    • 2013, Robin Jarvis, Dark Waters of Hagwood:
      “Were a night like now,” he eventually mumbled. “But late in the year. The forest nigh had gotten danksome and groolier.

Anagrams

edit