Meanings
comparative more breathsome · superlative most breathsome
- Characteristic of breath or breathing; breathy.
To feel sweet gales around thee blow, / Yet know that there be some who ne'er / Shall feel again that breathsome air, / Joyful or sad; [...]
1869, Eleanora Louisa Hervey, Our Legends and Lives1 more example
I feel it now, the breathsome gale / That swayed and kissed the almond flowers / Which flushed that sunny nook of ground, / By cedars flanked, with mountains round.
1868, James Hogg, Florence Marryat, London Society - Volume 11; Volume 13
Origin
- Englishbreath
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Germanic*samaz
- Englishbreathsome
Cite this entry
breathsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breathsome
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