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clipsome

clipsome adjective: fit to be clasped or embraced.

Adjective

clipsome (comparative more clipsome, superlative most clipsome)

  1. (archaic) Fit to be clasped or embraced.
    • As for Cinderellas in general, and not to make any invidious exceptions, it may be said of them, "with their clipsome waists," that they belong to the Cockney school — […]1822, Blackwood's magazine

Forms of clipsome

comparativemore clipsome
superlativemost clipsome

Origin of clipsome

From clip (“to clasp, embrace”) + -some.

Questions about clipsome

What does clipsome mean?
Clipsome means fit to be clasped or embraced.
What part of speech is clipsome?
Clipsome is an adjective.

Words near clipsome in the dictionary

  1. clipshear
  2. clipshears
  3. clipsheet
  4. clipsheets
  5. clipsing
  6. clipsome
  7. Clipston
  8. Clipstone
  9. clipt
  10. clipweed
  11. clique

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