lissom
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lissom
- /ˈlɪsəm/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English lithsum, equivalent to lithe + -some. Doublet of lithesome.
adjective lissomer · lissomest · lissome
- 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.
