Pronounced: by-oh-FIH-lee-uh, noun
Notes: This word is new to me
Yesterday’s word
The word lissom (or lissome) means “agile; graceful”
First usage
Our word came into English around 1800
Background / Comments
Our word is simply an altered spelling of “lithesome”, which came from the Old English word lithe (flexible; mild) combined with -some (having the quality of). I was in the neighborhood of the meaning — I thought it implied youth as well… but perhaps only youth are considered capable of being agile.
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