wilesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by wile or wiliness; tricksome.

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Meanings

wilesome1

adjectivewilesome (comparative more wilesome, superlative most wilesome)

comparative more wilesome · superlative most wilesome

  1. rareCharacterised or marked by wile or wiliness; tricksome.

    Catherine listened; raised frivolous points, and discussed them at length, and with such address and apparent candour and good humour, that Guise, despite his long initiation in the study of the queen's wilesome moods, was completely deceived.

    1888, Martha Walker Freer, Henry III, King of France and Poland

wilesome2

adjectivewilesome (comparative more wilesome, superlative most wilesome)

comparative more wilesome · superlative most wilesome

  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of wilsome

Origin

From wile + -some.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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