clipsome
English
editEtymology
editFrom clip (“to clasp, embrace”) + -some.
Adjective
editclipsome (comparative more clipsome, superlative most clipsome)
- (archaic) Fit to be clasped or embraced.
- 1822, Blackwood's magazine:
- As for Cinderellas in general, and not to make any invidious exceptions, it may be said of them, "with their clipsome waists," that they belong to the Cockney school — […]