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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)

  1. 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.

Related terms

  • winly
  • winne
  • winsomely
  • winsomeness

Translations

Further reading

  • winsome (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Owenism

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lovable

English

Alternative forms

  • loveable

Etymology

From Middle English lovable, loveable, luffeabill, lufabul, equivalent to love +? -able.

Adjective

lovable (comparative more lovable, superlative most lovable)

  1. Inspiring or deserving love or affection.

Translations

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