twosome
/ˈtuːsəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being or constituting a pair; two.
adj
Performed by two individuals.
noun
A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
Example Sentences
- "a twosome dance"
- "And I was tooling along a mossy path with the brow a bit wet with honest sweat, when there came to my ears the unmistakable sound of somebody reading poetry to someone, and the next moment I found myself confronting a mixed twosome who had dropped anchor beneath a shady tree in what is known as a leafy glade."
Etymology
From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).