How do you pronounce fusome?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfjuːsəm/.

Where does fusome come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

fusome

/ˈfjuːsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fu-some
IPA: /ˈfjuːsəm/

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Meaning

adj

Alternative form of fulsome; offensive; loathsome.

adj

Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike.

British usage; Obsolete

adj

Neat; handsome, comely, shapely, attractive.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

A germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous vesicles.

Example Sentences

"While glakit fools, owr rife o' cash, Pamper their weyms wi' fusome trash, I think a chiel may gayly pass;"
"Waes me! waes me! siccan a fusome sight as I am."
"Out, fie, the fusome carlie! The ill contriving carlie!"
"And ye be gaun to court a wife, ye do tell to me, ' Tis ye sall hae my Fusome Fug, Your ae wife for to be, be, Your ae wife for to be."
"What pleas'd him best, the warmed up some keal, And RALF dud mak a varra fusome meal,"
"Whya nowt but weel , she seems a varra conny fusom wife, en I hear they hoffer et dea varra weel, en baith draas yaa way, en gitten ther lile farm varra connoly stockt;"

Etymology

Alternative form of fulsome

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *fussom
Suffix: -some, fuse

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more fusome (comparative) most fusome (superlative) fusom (alternative) fusum (alternative) feusome (alternative) fewsome (alternative) fusomes (plural)

Derived Forms

polyfusome

Frequently Paired Words

fusinase spectrosome