English

Noun

floatsome ‎(uncountable)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of flotsam

Etymology 2

From float +‎ -some.

Adjective

floatsome ‎(comparative more floatsome, superlative most floatsome)

1. Characterised or marked by floating; (by extension) temporary; transitory
   • 2002, D.V. Gundappa:

     The President that we have in King's place, is just a figurehead without power, the so called minister is floatsome and he (a few exceptions) waits for crumbs to fall from the party leadership. He has no permanency of tenure in government.

   • 2010, Bill Casselman, Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik:

     Flotsam is “floatsome,” cargo or wreckage found floating on the surface of the ocean or goods seen to float up from the hull of a wrecked ship.

   • 2012, Garrison Clifford Gibson, Temporal Cross Currents:

     Currents and awesome wind with floatsome foam and dreg clinging dog paddle through mountainous seas toward safety of shore.