truthsome

English

Etymology

From truth +‎ -some.

Adjective

truthsome (comparative more truthsome, superlative most truthsome)

1. (rare) Marked by truth; actual; truthful
   • 1922, Harry Franklin Harrington, Writing for Print‎, page 119:

     You lose regard for the truthsome fact / And 'scape the provisions of the Volstead Act.

   • 2000, Andrew Hodgkiss, From Lesion to Metaphor:

     Hallucinations of the insane involve loss of insight while in 'visions' insight is maintained while the sensory phenomena remain just as vivid and 'truthsome'.

   • 2002, Heart of Gold, Firefly, episode:

     Inara, I ain't looking for anything from you. I'm just feeling kind of truthsome right now.

   • 2003, J. B. Miller, The Satanic Nurses:

     He would see himself the image of the ageless one as, athwart and abrazened, the tally-caster coast of crimson breeze bespoke its truthsome squeal.

Related terms

• truesome