onesome

noun
/ˈwʌnsəm/

Etymology

From one + -some.

  1. inherited from onen
  2. inherited from *h₁óynos — “single, one
  3. inherited from *ainaz — “one
  4. inherited from *ain
  5. inherited from ān — “one
  6. inherited from oon
  7. suffixed as onesome — “one + some

Definitions

  1. A solitary person or thing

    A solitary person or thing; a "group" of one.

    • When Joe and Suzie left, the threesome became a onesome.
    • The remote innocence of the time may be read not only in the sub—dollar greens fee but in the surreal presence of three solo golfers— “onesomes”—spaced out on a public course.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for onesome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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