nimblesome

adj

nimblesome

adj

Etymology From nimble + -some.

1

Rare Characterised or marked by nimbleness

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

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