WILLSOME

Will"some, a. Etym: [Written also wilsome.]

1. Willful; obstinate. [Obs.]

2. Fat; indolent. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

3. Doubtful; uncertain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

– Will"some*ness, n. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

11 December 2024

CITATION

(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; “the student’s essay failed to list several important citations”; “the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book”; “the article includes mention of similar clinical cases”


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