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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
fewsome en · ADJ · etymology 1
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of fusome.
Forms
fewsome en · ADJ · etymology 2
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of viewsome (“attractive, good-looking”).
Forms
fewsome en · ADJ · etymology 3
Etymology
Etymology tree
English few
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 fewsome
From few + -some.
Meanings
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(dialectal) Characterised or marked by paucity; sparse; very few.
Forms
fewsome en · NOUN · etymology 4
Etymology
From few + -some.
Meanings
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A group made up of few.
Forms