cradlesome

== English == === Etymology === From cradle +‎ -some. === Adjective === cradlesome (comparative more cradlesome, superlative most cradlesome) Characterised or marked by cradling 1956, The Marble Orchard: No one, of course, has seen her, and Ned and Beetie are about to experience the hammocking, cradlesome shock that is the beginning of despair. 1975, North Carolina Quarterly - Volumes 27-28: And Geneva-Honey Crowningburg — she of the cradlesome escutcheon, the electric wool — she looms in a paper-shaded brokeneye and waves "bye- bye" (which is dumb since her man is plainly coming home, not going away).