Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Well formed; handsome; gainly.
- Bringing gain; gainful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Gainful.
- adjective obsolete Prepossessing; well-favored.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Bringing
gain ;gainful . - adjective
Well-formed ;handsome ;gainly .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From gain (“profit, advantage, foredeal, benefit”) + -some.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From gain (“straight, direct, immediate, short”) + -some.
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Examples
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Not only does it not have to expend political capital, he will probably gainsome.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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Not only does it not have to expend political capital, he will probably gainsome.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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But Hogni answered, “Nay, let no man hinder her from dying; for no gain will she be to us, nor has she been gainsome since she came hither!
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But Hogni answered, "Nay, let no man hinder her from dying; for no gain will she be to us, nor has she been gainsome since she came hither!
The Story of the Volsungs Anonymous 1873
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