Pronounced: PLOTS, verb
Notes: Not a word I have run across
Yesterday’s word
The word lissome means
- easily flexed
- characterized by easy flexibility and grace; lithe
- nimble
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1700s
Background / Comments
Our word can also be spelled “lissom” – it is basically an altered form of “lithesome”. These days, our word is somewhat more used than “lithesome”. Our word came from the older English word lithe, which came from an Old English word meaning “gentle”.
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