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eyesome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈaɪsəm/

Etymology

From eye + -some. Its meaning is likely influenced by handsome.

Meanings

1. (archaic, often, poetic) Visually attractive.
   • Get a load of the "eyesome femininity" at the International Casino, as the Times put it. 2004 June 13, David W. Dunlap, “The Crossroads of the Crossroads”, in New York Times, page CY3:
   • Between the blooms where the sod basked bright, By the bobbing fuchsia trees, Was another and yet more eyesome sight— The sight that richened these. 1919, Thomas Hardy, “The Background and the Figure (Lover's Ditty)”, in Moments of Vision:

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