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lissomest

lissomest is the superlative form of lissom.

lissomest is the superlative form of lissome.

Meaning of lissom

Adjective

lissom (comparative lissomer, superlative lissomest)

  1. Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe.
    • Now, our country lads, [...] are so much better made, so much more athletic, and yet so much lissomer—to use a Hampshire phrase, which deserves at least to be good English.1824, Mary Russell Mitford, “A Country Cricket-match”, in Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery, London: G[eorge] and W. B. Whittaker, […], →OCLC, page 147

Questions about lissomest

What is lissomest the superlative form of?
Lissomest is the superlative form of lissom.

Words near lissomest in the dictionary

  1. lissom
  2. lissome
  3. lissomely
  4. lissomeness
  5. lissomer
  6. lissomest
  7. lissomly
  8. lissomness
  9. lissoneoid
  10. lissoneoids
  11. lissosphincter

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