Hearsome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Ready to hear; obedient; compliant; dutiful; devout. rare
""[…] Thou dost like a hearsome wife, thou dost ever say.""
Example
More examples""[…] Thou dost like a hearsome wife, thou dost ever say.""
Etymology
From Middle English hersum, ihersum, from Old English hīersum, ġehīersum (“obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀisam, *gahauʀisam, equivalent to hear + -some. Cognate with West Frisian hearsum (“obedient”), Dutch gehoorzaam (“obedient, dutiful, law-abiding”), Low German horzaam, hursam (“obedient”), German gehorsam (“obedient, submissive, subdued”), Swedish hörsam (“obedient”).
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