eyesomeadj.
/ˈʌɪs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌsəm/ Now rare (chiefly poetic and regional in later use).
Pleasing to the eye; attractive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective]
faireOE
comelyOE
winlyOE
goodlyOE
hendya1250
hendc1275
quaintc1300
seemlyc1305
tidya1325
avenant1340
honestc1384
sightya1387
properc1390
well beseena1393
queema1400
speciousa1400
featousc1400
parisantc1400
rekenc1400
well-favoureda1438
wellc1450
spectable?a1475
delicatec1480
jollya1500
bonny?a1513
snog1513
viewlyc1536
goodlikec1550
sightly1555
sightful1565
beholdinga1586
eyesome?1587
decent1600
vage1604
prospicuous1605
eyely1614
fashionable1630
well-looking1638
softa1643
fineish1647
well-looked1660
of a good (also ugly, etc.) look1700
likely-looked1709
sonsy1720
smiling1725
aspectable1731
smirkya1758
likely-looking1771
respectable1776
magnificent-looking1790
producible1792
presentable1800
good-looking1804
nice-looking1807
bonnyish1855
spick1882
eyeable1887
aegyo2007
?1587 R. Southwell Epist. Comfort xiv. f. 191v Our syghte shall feede on the most glorious and eysome maiestye of the place.
1605 C. Tourneur Laugh & lie Downe sig. D2v She was olde, (and therfore not Eiesome).
1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton III. vii. v. 159 Look at them now, my leddy—Will ony body deny that that's an eesome couple?
1879 Penn Monthly Apr. 312 It is evidently made to last, to be eyesome, and to give comfort at the same time.
1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 266 I thought not I should meet an eyesome maiden.
1950 Billboard 24 June 44/3 Cole's partner, a honey-haired eyesome lass.
2002 M. Sangster in Lallans 60 57 The weemen wi hair up in net caps An skinklin aprons minded me o days gaun by... An those eesome ghaists..Were veesitin, the blin oors o Daith forgot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.?1587