wilsome

comparative more wilsome · superlative most wilsome

1. UKdialectalWillful; obstinate; stubborn.

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   "You won't be able to prevail with her, when once she's set upon a thing; " observed Matty. "She was always a wilsome child and now she's a wilful woman; and 'a wilfu' woman,' as the North people say, 'maun hae her ain way.' Ay, you was always a wilsome child, true enough; but as winsome as wilsome, bless your heart! All the more pretty for having a will of your own,—it was so prettily shown, and somehow it came so natural to you to have your own way; it was just yourself, Miss Kate, my darling!"

   1875 [1854], Mary Cowden Clarke, The Iron Cousin; Or, Mutual Influence, D. Appleton and Company, page 443

2. UKdialectalLoved; desirable; amiable.
3. UKdialectalFat; indolent.

comparative more wilsome · superlative most wilsome · alternative wilesome · alternative weilsome · alternative wildsome · alternative wolsome · alternative volsum · alternative wullsome · alternative wullsum

1. UKdialectalWandering; devious.
2. UKdialectalDoubtful; uncertain.