looksome

English

Etymology

look +‎ -some.

Adjective

looksome (comparative more looksome, superlative most looksome)

1. (informal) Characterised or marked by (good) looks; good-looking
   • 2006, Mike Gaddis, Zip Zap:

     Lo and behold, at seven forty, another strapping male was emancipated, about as easily as pouring water out of a boot. A looksome young man, this restless lad, the biggest of the bunch, with two black ears and a left eye patch, and a smudge of tan at the corner of his mouth that looked suspiciously like a tobacco stain.

   • 2010, Roger Lee Scott, Letters from the Hills:

     I hain't see so much commotion since Penelope Pennymaker eloped with Seth Jenkins. Penelope is only the purtiest girl in Hootin' Holler. She is right up there with Delilah Poindexter on the looksome scale.

   • 2015, MadDog Woods, The Many Concerns of MadDog:

     Now picture this, Bubba and Earl were missing their front teeth, where partially bald with scraggly beards. Bubba said the looksome babe magnets in the front and the old married men in the back. Meaning Johnny and Myself.

   • 2016, Lisa Wingate, The Carolina Heirlooms Collection:

     He took his knife from the scabbard and laid it on his chest. “I don't cotton to yer kind, y'hear? You be a looksome thang, but you ain't worth dyin' over. The tenderbelly there's got too much nobleness. Shoulda kilt 'em all and buried 'em where.

Synonyms

• attractive