kirsome

English

Etymology

Corrupted from chrisom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː(ɹ)səm/

Adjective

kirsome (not comparable)

(obsolete) Christian; christened.
- c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene vii:
  I am [a] true kirsome woman.

References

“kirsome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

irksome, smokier

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