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Etymology

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From nimble +‎ -some.

Adjective

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nimblesome (comparative more nimblesome, superlative most nimblesome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by nimbleness
    • 1911, Frederick Fanning Ayer, Bell and Wing:
      Since man is equipped to gnaw and mob,
      Nimblesome fingers to dig for gold [...]
    • 1960, Rainer Maria Rilke, Poetry:
      And was a fish and swam most nimblesome
      through waters deep, silent and silver-grey,
      saw jelly-fish on coral stems at home [...]