widesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by wideness or being wide.

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Meanings

adjectivewidesome (comparative more widesome, superlative most widesome)

comparative more widesome · superlative most widesome

  1. rareCharacterised or marked by wideness or being wide.

    Forth pricks he thro a widesome wood and wilde, Rejoicing in the mating harmony […]

    1913, Hamilton Literary Magazine, volume 48, page 180
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    Truly a beautiful day. In these delightfully widesome scenes, under the influence of this bright sun and balmy air, the inner soul of the lover of nature expands with joy.

    1895, John Trafford Clegg, The Works of John Trafford Clegg ("Th'Owd Weighver"), page 406

    […] and she saw that in each bundle was wrapped a small owl, feathers scorched from bodies, eyes widesome and blinkless.

    2022, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Before All the World

Origin

From wide + -some.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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