nighsome

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adjective

Favourable; gracious.

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Meanings

adjectivenighsome (comparative more nighsome, superlative most nighsome)

comparative more nighsome · superlative most nighsome

  1. Favourable; gracious.

    And embittered Winter, fury consumed By thoughts of Spring's nighsome 'proach, can compass.

    1922, Charles Edwin Hewes, Songs of the Rockies

Origin

From nigh + -some.

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APA

nighsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nighsome

MLA

“nighsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nighsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nighsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nighsome.

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