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fairsome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English fair 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 fairsome From fair + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised by fairness or beauty; characteristically fair; attractive
   • Bid the women stoke the fire, for we'll have company at breakfast—a fairsome brace, and a fearsome face, whose foul fit should give him monstrous appetite! 2001, Scott Lynch-Giddings, A Fancyfull Historie of That Most Notable & Fameous Outlaw Robyn Hood:
   • That love for which thy heart does burn / Is nought but foolish vanity. / A fairsome image was my choice; [...] 1873, A. E. Kroeger, The Minnesinger of Germany:
   • Yet still I love the fairsome — why? / For nothing but to please my eye: … 1902, Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella (Gilbert) Runkle, Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

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