gainsome

/ˈɡeɪnsʌm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

adj

"The cotton grower felt delight at the gainsome expansion of his cotton fields."
"We have the feasible potential to be competitive in a gainsome way in many sectors."
"It not consisteth all of pleasant words, / More gainsome tricks are there still to be found; …"

From gain (“profit, advantage, foredeal, benefit”) + -some.

more gainsome (comparative) most gainsome (superlative)

ungainsome

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How do you pronounce gainsome?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡeɪnsʌm/.

What does gainsome mean?

Marked by gain; gainful; profitable.

Where does gainsome come from?

From gain (“profit, advantage, foredeal, benefit”) + -some.

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