Blissom

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To be lustful; to be lascivious. archaic, stative
Adjective
  1. 1
    in heat; said of ewes

Etymology

From Middle English blissomen, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse blæsma (“to be in heat”). Compare also Icelandic blasma (“in heat”), Middle Dutch blesme.

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