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winsome
English
Etymology
From Middle English wynsom, winsom, winsome, winsum, wunsum (“beautiful; agreeable, gracious, pleasant; generous; of situations: favourable, propitious”), from Old English wynsum (“joyful, merry, pleasant; winsome”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjusam (“joyful”); synchronically analyzable as winne (“delight, joy, pleasure”) +? -some.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?n.s(?)m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?n.s?m/
- Hyphenation: win?some
Adjective
winsome (comparative winsomer, superlative winsomest)
- Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter IX:
- […] lifting her winsome eyes to my face with that sort of look which turns off bad temper, even when one has all the right in the world to indulge it.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter IX:
Related terms
- winly
- winne
- winsomely
- winsomeness
Translations
Further reading
- winsome (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Owenism
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bewitching
English
Etymology
bewitch +? -ing
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??w?t???/
Noun
bewitching (plural bewitchings)
- The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
Adjective
bewitching (comparative more bewitching, superlative most bewitching)
- Enchanting.
Translations
- This translation table contains a mixture of adjective and noun translations. Please fix it if possible.
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