sitsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sit +‎ -some. Compare German sittsam (“decent, demure, prudish”), Swedish sedesam (“decent, modest, prim”). Compare setsome.

Adjective[edit]

sitsome (comparative more sitsome, superlative most sitsome)

  1. Tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to be seated or sitting; sedentary; stationary.
    • 1872, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, The Stilwinches of Combe Mavis:
      "You'll kindly excuse me if I don't raise, honourable and reverend sir; after dinner, and being stout, a body feels sitsome, you know," said the lady, putting out a fat and jewel-laden hand to her visitor.

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