Today's Word "lissom"
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lissom \LISS-uhm\ (adjective) also lissome - 1 : Limber; supple; flexible. 2 : Light and quick in action; nimble; agile; active.
"Her foot touches the plate and sets off the trap, but so swift and lissome is she that her ankles evade the clash of the serrated iron jaws as they spring together." -- John Bayley, 'Iris and Her Friends'
Lissom is an alteration of lithesome , which derives from Old English lithe , "flexible, mild, gentle."
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