Fusome
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous vesicles.
"Cystoblasts/cystocytes also divide asymmetrically, and in doing so, the spectrosome evolves into a branched fusome in the 16-cell cyst (5,37), accumulating proteins like Bam, ankyrin, α- and β-spectrins, the adducinlike product of the hu-li tai shao gene (HtsF), dynein (Dhc64C), and Cyclin A (5,35,36)."
- 1 Alternative form of fulsome; offensive; loathsome. Scotland, alt-of, alternative
"While glakit fools, owr rife o' cash, Pamper their weyms wi' fusome trash, I think a chiel may gayly pass;"
- 2 Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"What pleas'd him best, the warmed up some keal, And RALF dud mak a varra fusome meal,"
- 3 Neat; handsome, comely, shapely, attractive. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"She was...as douce and fewsome as ony woman's bairn"
Example
More examples"While glakit fools, owr rife o' cash, Pamper their weyms wi' fusome trash, I think a chiel may gayly pass;"
Etymology
Alternative form of fulsome
From Middle English *fussom, equivalent to fouse (eager, ready, brave, noble) + -some.
From fuse + -ome.
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