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winsome |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Winsome \Win"some\, a. [Compar. {Winsomer}; superl. {Winsomest}.] [AS. wynsum fr wynn joy; akin to OS wunnia OHG. wunna, wunni, G. wonne, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in unwunands sad), AS wunian to dwell. ????. See {Win}, v. t., {Wont}, a.] 1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted. Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature. --Jeffrey. 2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant. Still plotting how their hungry ear That winsome voice again might hear. --Emerson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: winsome adj : charming in a childlike or naive way
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