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LISSOMENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lissomeness mean?
• LISSOMENESS (noun)
The noun LISSOMENESS has 1 sense:
1. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
Familiarity information: LISSOMENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
lissomeness; litheness; suppleness
Hypernyms ("lissomeness" is a kind of...):
gracefulness (beautiful carriage)
Derivation:
lissome (gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease)
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