kirsome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Corrupted from chrisom.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kirsome (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Christian; christened.
- c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene vii:
- I am [a] true kirsome woman.
References[edit]
- “kirsome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.