fusome

adjective /ˈfjuːsəm/

1. Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike.

   obsolete

   What pleas'd him best, the warmed up some keal, And RALF dud mak a varra fusome meal,

2. Neat; handsome, comely, shapely, attractive.

   obsolete

   She was...as douce and fewsome as ony woman's bairn

Where it comes from

From Middle English *fussom, equivalent to fouse (eager, ready, brave, noble) + -some.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fusome (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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