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Definition winsome

Etymology

From Middle English wins?m, winsome, winsum, wunsum (“fair, pleasing to the senses; agreeable, gracious, pleasant; generous; of situations: favourable, propitious”), from Old English wynsum (“joyful, merry, pleasant; winsome”), from Proto-Germanic *wunisamaz, *wunj?samaz (“joyful”), from *wunj? (“delight, desire, joy”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to love; to wish”), equivalent to winne (“(obsolete) delight, joy, pleasure”) +‎ -some. The word is cognate with Middle High German wunnesam (“delightful, joyful; winsome”) (modern German Wonne (“bliss, delight, joy”)), Old English wynn (“delight, joy, pleasure, rapture”), Scots winsome, wunsome (“charming, comely, pleasing”). See also winne, winly.

Adjective

winsome (comparative winsomer, superlative winsomest)

1. Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.

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