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spiritsome

spiritsome adjective: characteristic of or possessing the qualities of a spirit; spiritlike.

Adjective

spiritsome (comparative more spiritsome, superlative most spiritsome)

  1. Characteristic of or possessing the qualities of a spirit; spiritlike.
    • They kept rising upon us like that, all day; faint points and shapes, looming larger, bluer, surer, — but always so soft, so spiritsome!1876, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Sights and Insights

Forms of spiritsome

comparativemore spiritsome
superlativemost spiritsome

Origin of spiritsome

From spirit + -some.

Questions about spiritsome

What does spiritsome mean?
Spiritsome means characteristic of or possessing the qualities of a spirit; spiritlike.
What part of speech is spiritsome?
Spiritsome is an adjective.

Words near spiritsome in the dictionary

  1. spirits of turpentine
  2. spirits of wine
  3. spirits off
  4. spiritship
  5. spiritships
  6. spiritsome
  7. spiritual
  8. spiritual awakening
  9. spiritual awakenings
  10. spiritual bypass
  11. spiritual bypassing

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