lissom

adjective /ˈlɪsəm/

1. Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe.

   Now, our country lads, [...] are so much better made, so much more athletic, and yet so much lissomer—to use a Hampshire phrase, which deserves at least to be good English.

Where it comes from

From Middle English lithsum, equivalent to lithe + -some. Doublet of lithesome.

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

← liripooplither →

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