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fusome.

Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfjuːsəm/
  1. Handy, deft-handed, workmanlike.

    UK · dialectal · obsolete
  2. Neat; handsome, comely, shapely, attractive.

    UK · dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *fussom, equivalent to fouse (eager, ready, brave, noble) + -some.

noun/ˈfjuːzəʊm/
  1. A germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous vesicles.

Where this word comes from

From fuse + -ome.

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