spiritsome

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adjective

Characteristic of or possessing the qualities of a spirit; spiritlike.

OriginProto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English spirit →
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Meanings

adjectivespiritsome (comparative more spiritsome, superlative most spiritsome)

comparative more spiritsome · superlative most spiritsome

  1. Characteristic of or possessing the qualities of a spirit; spiritlike.

    They kept rising upon us like that, all day; faint points and shapes, looming larger, bluer, surer, — but always so soft, so spiritsome!

    1876, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Sights and Insights

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritu
  4. Old Frenchespirit
  5. Middle Englishspirit
  6. Englishspirit
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  9. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  10. Englishspiritsome

From spirit + -some.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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