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单词 wintersome
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wintersomeadj.

Brit. /ˈwɪntəs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈwɪntərsəm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: winter n.1, -some suffix1.
Etymology: < winter n.1 + -some suffix1.
rare.
= wintry adj.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to winter
wintryeOE
winterOE
winterlyOE
frostyc1430
brumala1522
hiemalc1560
wintering1591
winterish1610
wintereda1616
hiematical1631
hibernal1646
wintersome1840
mid-wintry1852
mid-winterly1892
1840 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 542 We have heard that the bottle was stirr'd, And the bowl too, in wintersome weather.
1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington II. xv. 148 The fourteenth of February in London was quite as black, and cold, and as wintersome as it was at Allington.
1922 A. Waugh Roland Whately ii. x. 131 Oh, soon enough the boughs would be leafless, the streets bare and wintersome.
2016 letterpressasapublicartproject.wordpress.com 26 Aug. (O.E.D. Archive) The opening was a success for such a wintersome night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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