onesome

noun

onesome

noun

/ˈwʌnsəm/

Etymology From one + -some.

1

Rare A solitary person or thing; a "group" of one.

  • When Joe and Suzie left, the threesome became a onesome.
  • The remote innocence of the time may be read not only in the sub—dollar greens fee but in the surreal presence of three solo golfers— “onesomes”—spaced out on a public course.2011, John Updike, Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf, page 50:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.