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flirtsome

flirtsome adjective: marked by flirting; flirtatious.

Adjective

flirtsome (comparative more flirtsome, superlative most flirtsome)

  1. Marked by flirting; flirtatious
    • So Mrs. Cob— trimm'd up her locks, / Put on a flirtsome air; / And Mr. Dip began to look— / And Mrs. Cob— to stare.1822, Benchiana; Or, Sketches of Life and Character in St. George's Fields
    • Their relationship develops immediately into a different sort of complexity, not interfered by any obvious external force as mother-fixation or external flirtsome extravagance, but bred from within.2007, R.N. Sarkar, The Novels of D.H. Lawrence
    Synonyms:
    flirty

Synonyms of flirtsome

Forms of flirtsome

comparativemore flirtsome
superlativemost flirtsome

Origin of flirtsome

From flirt + -some.

Questions about flirtsome

What does flirtsome mean?
Flirtsome means marked by flirting; flirtatious.
What part of speech is flirtsome?
Flirtsome is an adjective.

Words near flirtsome in the dictionary

  1. flirtishly
  2. flirtishness
  3. flirts
  4. flirtship
  5. flirtships
  6. flirtsome
  7. flirty
  8. flisk
  9. flisked
  10. flisking
  11. flisks

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