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Definition of Lissome
1. Adjective. Moving and bending with ease.
Similar to: Graceful
Derivative terms: Lissomeness, Litheness, Slenderness, Suppleness
Definition of Lissome
1. Adjective. lithe; quick and graceful in movement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lissome
1. lithe [adj] - See also: lithe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lissome
Literary usage of Lissome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Folio (1882)
"Her garment« hung from her lissome form In folds that were soft and flowing; And
soon the applause came down in a storm, And she bowed in a manner knowing. ..."
2. An Oral Debate on the Coming of the Son of Man, Endless Punishment, and by Erasmus Manford, Benjamin Franklin (1860)
"I hope in his next that he will give lissome of his "strong reasons;'' and that
he will also pay some attention to Matt. 24th — and especially to the ..."
3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"lissome. The same, I believe, as Lithe, which see. LITHE. Supple—.flexible—said
of an active Jad —soft leather, &c. " As lithe as lutha. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Wilbraham also gives lissome as a synonym, but says " lissome often ... and lissome.
LICK THE MUNDLE, idiom, to humiliate one's self for the sake of gain. ..."
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