windsome
/ˈwɪndsəm/
windsome adjective: characterised or marked by (the) wind; windy.
Adjective (1)
windsome (comparative more windsome, superlative most windsome)
- Characterised or marked by (the) wind; windy
- Then the winds would gather strength against my hearts commands. Today the story changes, I welcome the windsome breeze, For if she looses all her feathers she cant fly away from me.2011, Erick Pasquale Forsythe, The Pure Language Of Love
- “And I can hold my hair out like the cape of a maiden in distress who's out on the moor on a dark and windsome day,” said Toonie who quickly stood up and pulled her beautiful long hair out to arms' length on either side of her head so she looked like a bat landing on a cornstalk.2012, David Anirman, The Itofit
Adjective (2)
IPA/ˈwaɪndsəm/
windsome (comparative more windsome, superlative most windsome)
- Characterised or marked by winding
- As I chase the tiny children with my windsome eyes abounding And I lead the fragrant flowers in their tiny gameplay fancy I lead them through the only time when I alone cannot remember Where I touch the nearby nearaway with the glossy touch forever1973, Allan Graham, Island Prose and Poetry
- They and I stumbled around with staccato gaits, first windsome, then fierce, getting faster and faster until the whole thing resembled some sort of spastic frenzy.1984, John Steakley, Armor
Forms of windsome
| comparative | more windsome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most windsome |
Origin of windsome
From wind (noun) + -some.
From wind (verb) + -some.
Questions about windsome
- What does windsome mean?
- Windsome means characterised or marked by (the) wind; windy.
- What part of speech is windsome?
- Windsome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce windsome?
- Windsome is pronounced /ˈwɪndsəm/.
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