Etymology

fusome

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Today it means: Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike. Full definition →

Middle English *fussom
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fusome · adjective1

Alternative form of fulsome

fusome · adjective2

  1. Middle English · inherited from*fussom
  2. English todayfusome

From Middle English *fussom, equivalent to fouse (eager, ready, brave, noble) + -some.

fusome · noun3

From fuse + -ome.

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