lissomadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɪs(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈlɪsəm/

Forms: Also lissome.

Etymology: Contracted variant of lithesome adj.

a. Supple, limber; lithesome; lithe and agile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective]

leathwakec1000

lithebyc1000

starka1275

stiffc1305

standing1340

bainc1440

waldinc1485

resolveda1500

supplea1500

lash1513

limber1582

sagging1599

laxed1623

unslakeda1625

laxated1652

springy1674

gangling1764

lithesome1768

swack1768

unslackened1770

lissoma1800

wandle1803

loose-limbed1823

loose1846

unslacked1848

saggy1853

loose-jointed1859

loose-hung1869

gangly1871

a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Lissom, limber, relaxed, North.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 147 They are..so much more athletic, and yet so much lissomer—to use a Hampshire phrase, which deserves at least to be good English.

1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 375 Lithesome, or Lissome, soft, pliable; expert in action.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 135 Back flew the bolt of lissom lath.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 105 Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 11 The lissom bound of the hare.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xliv. 304 The tongues grow lissom under the influence of good fellowship and potent liquor.

figurative.1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. viii. 227 His [Ovid's] lissome lines are droned over.

b. That renders supple.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1864 Earl of Derby tr. Homer Iliad xviii. 389 They wash'd the corpse, With lissom oils anointing.

Derivatives

ˈlissomely adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly

lighteOE

lightly?a1200

wightlyc1330

deliverlya1375

swipperly?a1400

wakerly?a1400

wighta1400

yaplya1400

featlyc1400

nimblyc1450

lightsomely1561

nimble1568

wimbly1594

yarelya1616

yare1622

featilya1640

agilely1663

cleverly1686

spry1855

lissomely1902

spryly1905

cattishly1913

1902 W. de la Mare Songs of Childhood 54 Though danced she lissomely.

1927 M. Sadleir Trollope: Comm. 322 Trollope worried to find it limping on its way, when usually his stories moved so lissomely.

ˈlissomness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [noun]

starknessOE

lithenessa1464

mobility1528

leathwakeness1548

stiffness1552

supplement1583

suppleness1603

spring1641

limber1786

lubricity1809

limberness1835

lissomness1857

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 300 He..was applauded by all for his lissomness.

1895 G. Saintsbury Corrected Impressions xv. 142 His..marvellous lissomeness..of thought.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	lissom
释义	lissomadj. Brit. /ˈlɪs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈlɪsəm/ Forms: Also lissome. Etymology: Contracted variant of lithesome adj. a. Supple, limber; lithesome; lithe and agile. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective] leathwakec1000 lithebyc1000 starka1275 stiffc1305 standing1340 bainc1440 waldinc1485 resolveda1500 supplea1500 lash1513 limber1582 sagging1599 laxed1623 unslakeda1625 laxated1652 springy1674 gangling1764 lithesome1768 swack1768 unslackened1770 lissoma1800 wandle1803 loose-limbed1823 loose1846 unslacked1848 saggy1853 loose-jointed1859 loose-hung1869 gangly1871 a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Lissom, limber, relaxed, North. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 147 They are..so much more athletic, and yet so much lissomer—to use a Hampshire phrase, which deserves at least to be good English. 1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 375 Lithesome, or Lissome, soft, pliable; expert in action. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 135 Back flew the bolt of lissom lath. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 105 Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 11 The lissom bound of the hare. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xliv. 304 The tongues grow lissom under the influence of good fellowship and potent liquor. figurative.1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. viii. 227 His [Ovid's] lissome lines are droned over. b. That renders supple.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1864 Earl of Derby tr. Homer Iliad xviii. 389 They wash'd the corpse, With lissom oils anointing. Derivatives ˈlissomely adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly lighteOE lightly?a1200 wightlyc1330 deliverlya1375 swipperly?a1400 wakerly?a1400 wighta1400 yaplya1400 featlyc1400 nimblyc1450 lightsomely1561 nimble1568 wimbly1594 yarelya1616 yare1622 featilya1640 agilely1663 cleverly1686 spry1855 lissomely1902 spryly1905 cattishly1913 1902 W. de la Mare Songs of Childhood 54 Though danced she lissomely. 1927 M. Sadleir Trollope: Comm. 322 Trollope worried to find it limping on its way, when usually his stories moved so lissomely. ˈlissomness n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [noun] starknessOE lithenessa1464 mobility1528 leathwakeness1548 stiffness1552 supplement1583 suppleness1603 spring1641 limber1786 lubricity1809 limberness1835 lissomness1857 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 300 He..was applauded by all for his lissomness. 1895 G. Saintsbury Corrected Impressions xv. 142 His..marvellous lissomeness..of thought. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1800
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