Lissom
//ˈlɪsəm// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe.
"Now, our country lads, [...] are so much better made, so much more athletic, and yet so much lissomer—to use a Hampshire phrase, which deserves at least to be good English."
Adjective
- 1 gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease wordnet
Example
More examples"Now, our country lads, [...] are so much better made, so much more athletic, and yet so much lissomer—to use a Hampshire phrase, which deserves at least to be good English."
Etymology
From Middle English lithsum, equivalent to lithe + -some. Doublet of lithesome.
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