fairsome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised by fairness or beauty; characteristically fair; attractive
Example Sentences
- "That love for which thy heart does burn / Is nought but foolish vanity. / A fairsome image was my choice; [...]"
- "Yet still I love the fairsome — why? / For nothing but to please my eye: …"
- "Bid the women stoke the fire, for we'll have company at breakfast—a fairsome brace, and a fearsome face, whose foul fit should give him monstrous appetite!"
Etymology
Etymology tree English fair Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English fairsome From fair + -some.
Inflected Forms
more fairsome (comparative)
most fairsome (superlative)