Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Winsome"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Winsome \Win"some\, a. [Compar. {Winsomer}; superl.
{Winsomest}.] [AS. wynsum, fr. wynn joy; akin to OS. wunnia,
OHG. wunna, wunni, G. wonne, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in
unwunands sad), AS. wunian to dwell. ????. See {Win}, v. t.,
{Wont}, a.]
1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.

Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature.
--Jeffrey.

2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.

Still plotting how their hungry ear That winsome
voice again might hear. --Emerson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

winsome
adj : charming in a childlike or naive way


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