nimblesome

nimblesome

English

Etymology

From nimble +‎ -some.

Adjective

nimblesome (comparative more nimblesome, superlative most nimblesome)

1. (rare) Characterised or marked by nimbleness
   • 1911, Frederick Fanning Ayer, Bell and Wing:

     Since man is equipped to gnaw and mob,
     Nimblesome fingers to dig for gold [...]

   • 1960, Rainer Maria Rilke, Poetry:

     And was a fish and swam most nimblesome
     through waters deep, silent and silver-grey,
     saw jelly-fish on coral stems at home [...]