Meaning of LISSOM
| Pronunciation: | | 'lisum
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[adj] gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease |
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LISSOM is a 6 letter word that starts with L. |
| | Synonyms: | | graceful, lissome, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lis"som\, Lissome \Lis"some\ (l[i^]s"s[u^]m), a. [For
lithesome.]
1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand.
--Tennyson.
2. Light; nimble; active. --Halliwell. -- {Lis"some*ness}, n.
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