Word Study
lissome
CIDE DICTIONARY
lissome, a. [For lithesome.].
- Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome. [1913 Webster]"Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand." [1913 Webster]
- Light; nimble; active. Halliwell.
THESAURUS
lissome
adaptable, bendable, bending, compliant, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, formable, formative, giving, impressible, impressionable, like putty, limber, lithe, lithesome, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, receptive, responsive, sensitive, sequacious, shapable, springy, submissive, supple, susceptible, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yieldingFor further exploring for "lissome" in Webster Dictionary Online