Breathsome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of breath or breathing; breathy

    "I feel it now, the breathsome gale / That swayed and kissed the almond flowers / Which flushed that sunny nook of ground, / By cedars flanked, with mountains round."

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"I feel it now, the breathsome gale / That swayed and kissed the almond flowers / Which flushed that sunny nook of ground, / By cedars flanked, with mountains round."

Etymology

From breath + -some.

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