ugsome
Americanadjective
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Origin of ugsome
1350–1400; Middle English, equivalent to ugg ( en ) to fear, cause loathing (< Old Norse ugga to fear, dread; cf. ugly) + -some -some 1
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And aye they rode, and on they rode, till they came to a dark and ugsome glen, where they stopped, and the lady lighted down.
From More English Fairy Tales by Batten, John Dickson
"Since she has lain into your arms, She shall not lye in mine; Since she has kiss'd your ugsome mouth, She never shall kiss mine."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
‘For the young laird—a feckless, ugsome, sickly wean he was, puir laddie—a knight cam by, an’ behoved to take him to the King.
From The Caged Lion by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Wi' a' his band, to the Holy Land He's boune wi' merry din, His shouther's doss a Christ's cross, In his breist an ugsome sin.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
I found my Vivien full sick, and a weariful and ugsome time had I with her ere she recovered of her malady.
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
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