"loudsome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more loudsome [comparative], most loudsome [superlative]
Etymology: From loud + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|loud|some}} loud + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} loudsome (comparative more loudsome, superlative most loudsome)
  1. (chiefly poetic) Characterised or marked by loudness; noisy Tags: poetic Synonyms: ruckusy
    Sense id: en-loudsome-en-adj-s6X97Lm7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "ref": "2009, Clyde A. Milner II, Carol A. O'Connor, As Big as the West",
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          "ref": "2012, Roy Kerr, Buck Ewing",
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