wilsomeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

wilsome (comparative more wilsome, superlative most wilsome)

1. (UK dialectal) Willful; obstinate; stubborn.
   • 1875 [1854], Mary Cowden Clarke, The Iron Cousin; Or, Mutual Influence‎, D. Appleton and Company, page 443:

     "You won't be able to prevail with her, when once she's set upon a thing; " observed Matty. "She was always a wilsome child and now she's a wilful woman; and 'a wilfu' woman,' as the North people say, 'maun hae her ain way.' Ay, you was always a wilsome child, true enough; but as winsome as wilsome, bless your heart! All the more pretty for having a will of your own,—it was so prettily shown, and somehow it came so natural to you to have your own way; it was just yourself, Miss Kate, my darling!"

2. (UK dialectal) Loved; desirable; amiable.
3. (UK dialectal) Fat; indolent.

派生語

• wilsomely
• wilsomeness

語源 2

From 中期英語 wilsum, wilsom, wildsom, probably after Old Norse villusamr (“erroneous, false”), equivalent to will (“wild”) +‎ -some. Cognate with Scots wilsum (“treacherous, wandering”).

形容詞

wilsome (comparative more wilsome, superlative most wilsome)

1. (UK dialectal) Wandering; devious.
2. (UK dialectal) Doubtful; uncertain.

アナグラム

• semilow