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feelsome

feelsome adjective: characterised or marked by feeling; pleasurable to the touch; nice to feel.

Adjective

feelsome (comparative more feelsome, superlative most feelsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by feeling; pleasurable to the touch; nice to feel.
    • Or in secret was that gesture being exploited to arouse, by one clad in earthen vesture, notice in the feelsome house? Mostly it's but like a sleeper turning over in his bed, — suddenly it takes a deeper meaning, filling me with dread.1952, Rainer Maria Rilke, From the remains of Count C.W.
    • There was a great big furry fuzzy Papa Bear, and a middle-sized fuzzy furry Mama Bear, and a tiny little Baby Bear with fur as soft and feelsome as velvet.1997, Suzette Haden Elgin, Try to feel it my way

Forms of feelsome

comparativemore feelsome
superlativemost feelsome

Origin of feelsome

From Middle English felesome, equivalent to feel + -some.

Questions about feelsome

What does feelsome mean?
Feelsome means characterised or marked by feeling; pleasurable to the touch; nice to feel.
What part of speech is feelsome?
Feelsome is an adjective.

Words near feelsome in the dictionary

  1. feels ten feet tall
  2. feels the Bern
  3. feels the burn
  4. feels the pinch
  5. feels up
  6. feelsome
  7. feelst
  8. feelth
  9. feely
  10. feely box
  11. feely boxes

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