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Twosome

//ˈtuːsəm// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being or constituting a pair; two. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Twofold; double. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Performed by two individuals. not-comparable

    "a twosome dance"

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.

    "And I was tooling along a mossy path with the brow a bit wet with honest sweat, when there came to my ears the unmistakable sound of somebody reading poetry to someone, and the next moment I found myself confronting a mixed twosome who had dropped anchor beneath a shady tree in what is known as a leafy glade."

  2. 2
    a pair who associate with one another wordnet
  3. 3
    A dance for two people.
  4. 4
    two items of the same kind wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).

Etymology 2

From two + -some.

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