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Etymology

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From scandal +‎ -some.

Adjective

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scandalsome (comparative more scandalsome, superlative most scandalsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by scandal; scandalous
    • 1922, Youth's Companion, volume 96, page 6:
      "Oh, I'll think — when I get through this scandalsome play I" Nan laughed again.
    • 2003, Tabor Evans, Longarm 292: Longarm and the Lady Hustlers:
      But right now I got to sucker some of the other boys for the management.... So, maybe later?” He just smiled and she flounced off in her scandalsome outfit to drink tea water at scandalsome prices with those she had down as poor working stiffs.