Lissome

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lissom \Lis"som\, Lissome \Lis"some\ (l[i^]s"s[u^]m), a. [For
     lithesome.]
     1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
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              Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand.


                                                    --Tennyson.
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     2. Light; nimble; active. --Halliwell. -- {Lis"some*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lissome
       adj : gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: {lissom},
              {lithe}, {lithesome}, {slender}, {supple}, {svelte}, {sylphlike}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "lissome":
     adaptable, bendable, bending, compliant, ductile, elastic,
     extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, fictile, flexible,
     flexile, flexuous, formable, formative, giving, impressible,
     impressionable, like putty, limber, lithe, lithesome, malleable,
     moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, receptive, responsive,
     sensitive, sequacious, shapable, springy, submissive, supple,
     susceptible, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yielding