Meanings
adjectivekirsome (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteChristian; christened.
I am [a] true kirsome woman.
c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene vii
Origin
Corrupted from chrisom.
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kirsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kirsome
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