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windsome

/ˈwɪndsəm/

windsome adjective: characterised or marked by (the) wind; windy.

Adjective (1)

windsome (comparative more windsome, superlative most windsome)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

comparativemore windsome
superlativemost 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/.

Words near windsome in the dictionary

  1. windsleds
  2. windsnap
  3. windsnaps
  4. windsock
  5. windsocks
  6. windsome
  7. Windsor
  8. Windsor and Maidenhead
  9. Windsor bean
  10. Windsor beans
  11. Windsor blue

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