fairsome

English

Etymology

From fair +‎ -some.

Adjective

fairsome (comparative more fairsome, superlative most fairsome)

1. Characterised by fairness or beauty; characteristically fair; attractive
   • 1873, A. E. Kroeger, The Minnesinger of Germany:

     That love for which thy heart does burn / Is nought but foolish vanity. / A fairsome image was my choice; [...]

   • 1902, Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella (Gilbert) Runkle, Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern:

     Yet still I love the fairsome — why? / For nothing but to please my eye: [...]

   • 2001, Scott Lynch-Giddings, A Fancyfull Historie of That Most Notable & Fameous Outlaw Robyn Hood:

     Bid the women stoke the fire, for we'll have company at breakfast—a fairsome brace, and a fearsome face, whose foul fit should give him monstrous appetite!