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nimblesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From nimble + -some.

Meanings

1. (rare) Characterised or marked by nimbleness
   • Since man is equipped to gnaw and mob, Nimblesome fingers to dig for gold [...] 1911, Frederick Fanning Ayer, Bell and Wing:
   • And was a fish and swam most nimblesome through waters deep, silent and silver-grey, saw jelly-fish on coral stems at home [...] 1960, Rainer Maria Rilke, Poetry:

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