Fusome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfjuːsəm/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fusome is an adjective meaning (Scotland) Alternative form of fulsome; offensive; loathsome.
Meaning
(Scotland) Alternative form of fulsome; offensive; loathsome.
More Meanings
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike.
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Neat; handsome, comely, shapely, attractive.
- (biology) A germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous vesicles.
Example Sentences
Waes me! waes me! siccan a fusome sight as I am.
She was...as douce and fewsome as ony woman's bairn
Out, fie, the fusome carlie! The ill contriving carlie!
What pleas'd him best, the warmed up some keal, And RALF dud mak a varra fusome meal,
Word Forms
- fusom
- fusum
- fusomes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fewsome, fusilly, fusil, fubsy, fusiogenic, fulsamic.
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