Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grinsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grin-some
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by grinning.

Example Sentences

"Grinder, winsome grinsome Grinder!"
"[...] are continually on the grin and continually shaking hands either with each other or with equally grinsome French peasant women at cottage doors or with the local mayor who congratulates them on the glorious V.C.'s which, of course, they are continually winning."
"The head waiter (who is uncommonly like Theo) will not know at lunch today why I am so dashed affable and grinsome to him. Good boy!"

Etymology

From grin + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: grin

Inflected Forms

more grinsome (comparative) most grinsome (superlative)

Questions

What does grinsome mean?: Characterised or marked by grinning.
Where does grinsome come from?: From grin + -some.

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