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breathsome

breathsome adjective: characteristic of breath or breathing; breathy.

Adjective

breathsome (comparative more breathsome, superlative most breathsome)

  1. Characteristic of breath or breathing; breathy.
    • I feel it now, the breathsome gale / That swayed and kissed the almond flowers / Which flushed that sunny nook of ground, / By cedars flanked, with mountains round.1868, James Hogg, Florence Marryat, London Society - Volume 11; Volume 13
    • To feel sweet gales around thee blow, / Yet know that there be some who ne'er / Shall feel again that breathsome air, / Joyful or sad; [...]1869, Eleanora Louisa Hervey, Our Legends and Lives

Forms of breathsome

comparativemore breathsome
superlativemost breathsome

Origin of breathsome

From breath + -some.

Questions about breathsome

What does breathsome mean?
Breathsome means characteristic of breath or breathing; breathy.
What part of speech is breathsome?
Breathsome is an adjective.

Words near breathsome in the dictionary

  1. breathprinting
  2. breathprints
  3. breaths
  4. breaths of fresh air
  5. breathsful
  6. breathsome
  7. breathtaker
  8. breathtakers
  9. breathtaking
  10. breathtakingly
  11. breathtakingness

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