widesome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From wide +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

widesome (comparative more widesome, superlative most widesome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by wideness or being wide.
    • 1895, John Trafford Clegg, The Works of John Trafford Clegg ("Th'Owd Weighver"), page 406:
      Truly a beautiful day. In these delightfully widesome scenes, under the influence of this bright sun and balmy air, the inner soul of the lover of nature expands with joy.
    • 1913, Hamilton Literary Magazine, volume 48, page 180:
      Forth pricks he thro a widesome wood and wilde,
      Rejoicing in the mating harmony […]
    • 2022, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Before All the World:
      […] and she saw that in each bundle was wrapped a small owl, feathers scorched from bodies, eyes widesome and blinkless.
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