What does tripsome mean?
Tripsome means (archaic) Characterised or marked by tripping (light stepping); light-footed; nimble.
Tripsome
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(archaic) Characterised or marked by tripping (light stepping); light-footed; nimble.
Example Sentences
Not prurient Mars, / Pointing his toe through ten celestial bars — / Not young Apollo, beamily array'd / In tripsome guise for Juno's masquerade — / Not smartest Hermes, with his pinion girth, [...]
[...] she had never seen the triumph of a winner expand beyond the buckram simper of General Lorriston on dropping two halfcrowns into his spangled card-purse; or the tripsome sprightliness of Lady Lavinia Lisle's parting curtsey, [...]
He hears the flageolet of Collinet, — he savours the garnished chickens of Gunter, — he beholds the tripsome feet of Lady Wilhelmine or Lady Clementina flit by him; [...]
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Word Forms
- more tripsome
- most tripsome
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Not prurient Mars, / Pointing his toe through ten celestial bars — / Not young Apollo, beamily array'd / In tripsome guise for Juno's masquerade — / Not smartest Hermes, with his pinion girth, [...]
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