twosome
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twosome¹
- /ˈtuːsəm/
Rhymes with -uːsəm
Where it comes from
From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).
adjective
- Being or constituting a pair; two.
- Twofold; double.
- Performed by two individuals. a twosome dance
twosome²
- /ˈtuːsəm/
Rhymes with -uːsəm
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Germanic *twai
Proto-West Germanic *twai-der.
Old English twēġen
Old English twā
Middle English two
English two
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *somHós
Proto-Germanic *samaz
Proto-Germanic *-samaz
Proto-West Germanic *-sam
Old English -sum
Middle English -som
English -some
English twosome
From two + -some.
noun twosomes
- 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 le
- A dance for two people.
