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feelsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English felesome, equivalent to feel + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by feeling; pleasurable to the touch; nice to feel.
   • It wasn't quite as feelsome as the Palm V, because one could only roll a thumbwheel and type on its tiny keyboard. 2011, Michael Chorost, World Wide Mind:
   • Or in secret was that gesture being exploited to arouse, by one clad in earthen vesture, notice in the feelsome house? Mostly it's but like a sleeper turning over in his bed, — suddenly it takes a deeper meaning, filling me with dread. 1952, Rainer Maria Rilke, From the remains of Count C.W.:
   • There was a great big furry fuzzy Papa Bear, and a middle-sized fuzzy furry Mama Bear, and a tiny little Baby Bear with fur as soft and feelsome as velvet. 1997, Suzette Haden Elgin, Try to feel it my way:

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