winsome

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

winsome

/ˈwɪn.səm/

Rhymes with -ɪnsəm

Where it comes from

Inherited 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”). By surface analysis, winne (“delight, joy, pleasure”) + -some.

adjective winsomer · winsomest

Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner. […] 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.

Translations

Every language

adj charming, engaging, winning

Español	encantador
Português	atraente, encantador
Deutsch	gewinnend
Ελληνικά	ελκυστικός elkystikós
Русский	обая́тельный obajátelʹnyj

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"winsome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/winsome. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

winsome. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/winsome

Chicago

"winsome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/winsome.

BibTeX

@misc{winsome_2026,
  title = {winsome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/winsome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}