Definitions

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  • adjective Scot. Causing fear; eerie.

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  • adjective dialectal Causing fear; eerie.

Etymologies

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From eerie +‎ -some.

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Examples

  • The scene around me was lovely, but lonesome in the extreme, for there was not a house anywhere near, nor a sound to break the stillness except now and then the eerisome cry of the brown owl that flitted silently past overhead.

    Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Gordon Stables 1875

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