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onesome en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwʌnsəm/

Etymology

From one + -some.

Meanings

1. (rare) A solitary person or thing; a "group" of one.
   • When Joe and Suzie left, the threesome became a onesome.
   • The remote innocence of the time may be read not only in the sub—dollar greens fee but in the surreal presence of three solo golfers— “onesomes”—spaced out on a public course. 2011, John Updike, Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf, page 50:

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