Lissome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lissome is an adjective meaning Alternative spelling of lissom.
Meaning
Alternative spelling of lissom.
Example Sentences
Reading about their exploits is like watching lissome cows graze in a field.
Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand; / Her eyes a bashful azure, and her hair / In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell / Divides threefold to show th'fruit within.
[A] robe / Of samite without price, that more exprest / Than hid her, clung about her lissome limbs, / In colour like the satin-shining palm / On sallows in the windy gleams of March: [...]
We have the hot women and the passionate men. We have lissome forms clinging. We have hot kisses showered. We have hero and heroine, by the merest accident of course, placed in exciting situations.
Word Forms
- lissomer
- lissomest
Synonyms for lissome
Depending on context, synonyms include lithe, svelte, lissom, lithesome, sylphlike, graceful.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lissom, lithesome, lithe, svelte, supple, graceful.
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