wieldsome en · ADJ
Etymology
From wield + -some.
Meanings
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(archaic) Characterised or marked by wieldiness; easily wielded or managed.
[…] Cesar […] commaunded that the Galleyes wherof the facion was more straunge to the sauage Britons, and the mouing more redy and wieldsome, should be remoued a lyttell from the shyps of Burthen […]
1565, Arthur Golding, transl., The eyght bookes of Caius Iulius Cæsar conteyning his martiall exploytes in the realme of Gallia, London: William Seres, Book Four, p. 99b:The wieldsome agencies are, again, two-fold. Those that are authorative and of the government, mandatory; the others in part or altogether voluntary are more directory than mandatory.
1902, The State of Corrections: Proceedings, ACA Annual Conferences:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most wieldsome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more wieldsome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |