airsomeadj.
/ˈɛːs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɛ(ə)rsəm/ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective]
airlya1398
airya1398
airish1562
airsome1584
aereous1594
airous1683
the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > of or belonging to the air > existing in the air
aerya1398
airlya1398
airya1398
airishc1450
aerial?1545
airsome1584
aerian1618
aericala1678
atmospheric1789
up in-the-air1848
1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx lviii. sig. Y2 v They kept the ayrsome Mountaines, they represented the Oreades.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxvii. 285 On airesome Mountaines held he then his Court.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 86 So as the surface might not be some airsom body, but all such thick or fast body.
2. Of weather: cold; windy, bracing. Canadian regional (Newfoundland).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective]
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bremea1300
chillc1540
shill1598
bleaka1616
airsome1863
parky1886
nippy1898
snappy1928
utchy1957
1863 J. Moreton Life & Work Newfoundland iii. 32 Airsome, cold, fresh and bracing.
1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice v. 66 Shrieks of storm devils shook the masts... ‘Dirty wedder’ was about all the sealers would admit. ‘A bit airsome, sir.’
?1954 T. Russell Holdin' Ground (1972) 15 Take an oil-coat for him..—and the bear-skin rug. It gets airsome these evenin's.
2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 3 Apr. r3 This is a place where people can jabber about baynoddies and hangashores,..promise to walk the crackie when the weather is more airsome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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