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breathsome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English breath Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English breathsome From breath + -some.

Meanings

1. Characteristic of breath or breathing; breathy.
   • To feel sweet gales around thee blow, / Yet know that there be some who ne'er / Shall feel again that breathsome air, / Joyful or sad; [...] 1869, Eleanora Louisa Hervey, Our Legends and Lives:
   • I feel it now, the breathsome gale / That swayed and kissed the almond flowers / Which flushed that sunny nook of ground, / By cedars flanked, with mountains round. 1868, James Hogg, Florence Marryat, London Society - Volume 11; Volume 13:

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