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nimblesome

nimblesome adjective: characterised or marked by nimbleness.

Adjective

nimblesome (comparative more nimblesome, superlative most nimblesome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by nimbleness
    • Since man is equipped to gnaw and mob,
      Nimblesome fingers to dig for gold [...]1911, Frederick Fanning Ayer, Bell and Wing
    • And was a fish and swam most nimblesome
      through waters deep, silent and silver-grey,
      saw jelly-fish on coral stems at home [...]1960, Rainer Maria Rilke, Poetry

Forms of nimblesome

comparativemore nimblesome
superlativemost nimblesome

Origin of nimblesome

From nimble + -some.

Questions about nimblesome

What does nimblesome mean?
Nimblesome means characterised or marked by nimbleness.
What part of speech is nimblesome?
Nimblesome is an adjective.

Words near nimblesome in the dictionary

  1. nimbled
  2. nimbleness
  3. nimblenesses
  4. nimbler
  5. nimbles
  6. nimblesome
  7. nimbless
  8. nimblesses
  9. nimblest
  10. nimblewill
  11. nimbling

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