- a variation of lissome.
lissom
Britishadjective
-
supple in the limbs or body; lithe; flexible
-
agile; nimble
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lissom
C19: variant of lithesome
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Echoes of XTC, Destiny's Child, marching bands and lissom Kompakt techno: there's a lot going on in Don't Try.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2013
All-girl lissom folk harmonies meets multilayered all-girl vocal R&B. Intriguingly, tonight each sister has a drum next to her.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2012
"I hope you are not on the cover tomorrow," the lissom Russian smiled to a table of fellow competitors as she left a Daegu cafe near the athletes' village on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2011
But a number of Kim’s gold-medal predecessors were present Thursday, and all seemed thoroughly impressed that Kim had been so poised and lissom in her presentation and vaulting in her jumps.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2010
The underwood tripped him, the lissom branches of the alders whipped his face and blinded him; once he fell headlong over a moss-grown stone, and picked himself up groaning.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
