lissom
adj/ˈlɪsəm/US
Etymology
From Middle English lithsum, equivalent to lithe + -some. Doublet of lithesome.
- inherited from lithsum
Definitions
Flexible and graceful in movement
Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe.
- Now, our country lads, [...] are so much better made, so much more athletic, and yet so much lissomer—to use a Hampshire phrase, which deserves at least to be good English.
- A brig you see, sir, is much more laboursome in a gale of wind. A Schooner is much lissomer built.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for lissom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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