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willsome

willsome is the alternative form of wilsome.

Meaning of wilsome

Adjective (1)

wilsome (comparative more wilsome, superlative most wilsome)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Willful; obstinate; stubborn.
    • "You won't be able to prevail with her, when once she's set upon a thing; " observed Matty. "She was always a wilsome child and now she's a wilful woman; and 'a wilfu' woman,' as the North people say, 'maun hae her ain way.' Ay, you was always a wilsome child, true enough; but as winsome as...1875 [1854], Mary Cowden Clarke, The Iron Cousin; Or, Mutual Influence, D. Appleton and Company, page 443
  2. (UK, dialectal) Loved; desirable; amiable.
  3. (UK, dialectal) Fat; indolent.

Adjective (2)

wilsome (comparative more wilsome, superlative most wilsome)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Wandering; devious.
  2. (UK, dialectal) Doubtful; uncertain.

Forms of willsome

comparativemore willsome
superlativemost willsome

Questions about willsome

What is willsome the alternative form of?
Willsome is the alternative form of wilsome.

Words near willsome in the dictionary

  1. Willseys
  2. Willshaw
  3. Willshaws
  4. Willshire
  5. Willsie
  6. willsome
  7. Willson
  8. Willsons
  9. Willsons Downfall
  10. willst
  11. Willsy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: willsome (page history and authors); wilsome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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