tendsomeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

tendsome (comparative more tendsome, superlative most tendsome) (rare)

1. Characterised by needing much tending, attention, or care.
   • 1884, Edward Everett Hale, The Fortunes of Rachel, page 195:

     And Ephraim praised the children volubly. "Never woz children thet woz so little tendsome," said he, with pride.

   • 1916, Edith Miniter, Our Natupski Neighbors, page 92:

     Owing to the fact that Nancy Slocumb had been snubbed when she advised oiling Stepan at three weeks, since he seemed a tendsome child, she had been two years trying to copy the Pinkney plan.