This week’s theme
Interesting usage examples

This week’s words
renunciatory
winsome
susurrant
ruderal
bereft

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PRONUNCIATION:

(WIN-suhm)

MEANING:

adjective: Pleasing or charming, especially in a childlike or innocent manner.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English wynsum, from wynn (joy) + -sum (-some). Earliest documented use: 450.

USAGE:

“The guest lists included women who were ‘as winsome as possible’ to make the town seem attractive to the (male) engineer in charge of choosing [the site of a nuclear research center]. The plan worked.”
Going Nuclear; The Economist (London, UK); Jul 1, 2023.

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