"loonsome" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more loonsome [comparative], most loonsome [superlative]
Etymology: Variant of lonesome. Head templates: {{en-adj}} loonsome (comparative more loonsome, superlative most loonsome)
  1. (pronunciation spelling) lonesome Tags: pronunciation-spelling
    Sense id: en-loonsome-en-adj-HLqZenJe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Forms: more loonsome [comparative], most loonsome [superlative]
Etymology: From loon + -some. Etymology templates: {{af|en|loon|-some}} loon + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} loonsome (comparative more loonsome, superlative most loonsome)
  1. Characteristic of a loon or marked by looniness
    Sense id: en-loonsome-en-adj-vlLMogWL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "ref": "2016, Gage Washburn, Sonata Sleepless",
          "text": "“Failure of a so called musician, who drunkenly has staggered on home to the apartment complex where he dwell, but drunker than a mule on it's ass, and coincidentally, accidently enters the lonely loonsome next door neighbors place. […]”",
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          "ref": "2017, Andrew Harland, The DredgeLand Sci-Fi Podcast Spectacular",
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