Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lucksome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: luck-some
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by luck; fortunate; characterised as lucky

adj

Example Sentences

""You are a bucketful of green," observed Frank when I flopped over onto my back and looked up at him standing tall and dripping against the Texas sky. "You're mighty lucksome the river's so low.""
"“Prophet of ill, never yet to me spakest thou thing lucksome”—this was the sentiment of that river when disappointed of Alice."
"His conscience was clear; his heart was cheered; so, deep inhaling the luxom air, and breathing his pious ejaculations to heaven, he sprung forward to his journey, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English luxom, *luksom, equivalent to luck + -some.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: luxom
Suffix: luck

Inflected Forms

more lucksome (comparative) most lucksome (superlative) luxom (alternative)

Questions

What does lucksome mean?: Marked by luck; fortunate; characterised as lucky
Where does lucksome come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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