skillsome

skillsome

English

Etymology

From skill +‎ -some.

Adjective

skillsome (comparative more skillsome, superlative most skillsome)

1. Characterised or marked by skill
   • 1915, Northern Automotive Journal - Volumes 24-25:

     O man of skillsome pith— / He makes its pulses start.

   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     You can't go trustin' folks what lassoop words so skillsome as him.