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单词 livesome
释义

livesome

English

Etymology

From live + -some. Compare lifesome.

Adjective

livesome (comparative more livesome, superlative most livesome)

  1. Having the characteristics of life or of being alive; indicative of life or of living; livable
    • 1839, David Mushet, The Wrongs of the Animal World:
      What said a respectable female inhabitant of the town, when placing her female relatives and guests in good positions for the show? "We shall have a good day, they have a fine livesome creature."
    • 1979, Colin Crouch, The Politics of Industrial Relations:
      If gainst my will, what sorrow will availe? / O livesome death, O sweete and pleasant ill, / Against my minde how can thy might prevaile?
    • 2005, Nigel Jonathan Spivey, Songs on Bronze:
      He tenderly bowed to the twinkling girl. “Yours,” said Zeus, “to have and to hold.” Epimetheus took Pandora's hand, to escort his livesome doll away.
    • 2015, Stephen Watt, "Something Dreadful and Grand":
      [...]—with emergent meanings as performed both by the woman Stephen meets and by the objects with which she is associated: a “livesome” room, copious easy chair, and a huge doll with its legs splayed promiscuously.

Anagrams

  • mol sieve, vilesome
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