feelsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From feel +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

feelsome (comparative more feelsome, superlative most feelsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by feeling; pleasurable to the touch; nice to feel
    • 1952, Rainer Maria Rilke, From the remains of Count C.W.:
      Or in secret was that gesture being exploited to arouse, by one clad in earthen vesture, notice in the feelsome house? Mostly it's but like a sleeper turning over in his bed, — suddenly it takes a deeper meaning, filling me with dread.
    • 1997, Suzette Haden Elgin, Try to feel it my way:
      There was a great big furry fuzzy Papa Bear, and a middle-sized fuzzy furry Mama Bear, and a tiny little Baby Bear with fur as soft and feelsome as velvet.
    • 2011, Michael Chorost, World Wide Mind:
      It wasn't quite as feelsome as the Palm V, because one could only roll a thumbwheel and type on its tiny keyboard.

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