weathersomeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

weathersome ‎(comparative more weathersome, superlative most weathersome)

1. Characterised or marked by weathering; weathered
   • 1861, Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Volume 23:

     "I veow !" said old Abe, shaking himself like a great water-dog, “ of this a'n't about the most weathersome weather I ever see! I ha'n't ben only jest outside the bar, an' my jib's as stifl' as a tin pan, and the old fo'sail took an' cracked fore an' aft afore I could get her head on so's to run in.

   • 1906, Halliwell Sutcliffe, A Benedick in Arcady:

     Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days.

   • 2012, Nancy Springer, The Scent of an Angel:

     A long, weathersome road it's been, and sore paw pads. It happened because—there is no telling why it happened, really.