winsome

Meaning

Adjective

Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.

Origin

From Middle English wynsom, winsom, winsome, winsum, wunsum, from Old English wynsum, from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjusam; synchronically analyzable as winne + -some.

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