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gainsome

adj
/ˈɡeɪnsʌm/

Etymology

From gain (“profit, advantage, foredeal, benefit”) + -some.

  1. derived from *waiþiz✻
  2. derived from *waiþanōn✻
  3. derived from gaaing
  4. derived from gain
  5. derived from *ḱóm✻
  6. derived from *ga-✻
  7. derived from *gagana✻
  8. derived from *gagną✻
  9. derived from gagn
  10. inherited from gayn
  11. suffixed as gainsome — “gain + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by gain

    Marked by gain; gainful; profitable.

    • The cotton grower felt delight at the gainsome expansion of his cotton fields.
    • We have the feasible potential to be competitive in a gainsome way in many sectors.
    • It not consisteth all of pleasant words, / More gainsome tricks are there still to be found; …

  2. Well-formed

    Well-formed; handsome; gainly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA