tripsome

tripsome

English

Etymology

From trip +‎ -some.

Adjective

tripsome (comparative more tripsome, superlative most tripsome)

1. (archaic) Characterised or marked by tripping (light stepping); light-footed; nimble
   • 1804, Sir Theodore Martin, ‎William Edmondstoune Aytoun, ‎Alfred Crowquill, The Book of Ballads:

     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, [...]

   • 1831, Ralph Griffiths, ‎George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review - Volume 125:

     [...] 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, [...]

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, ‎William Harrison Ainsworth, ‎Albert Smith, Bentley's Miscellany - Volume 7:

     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; [...]

Anagrams

• imposter, stompier