bightsome
Scots
adj
Definitions
- Having an air of ease combined with activity; easy; light; active.
Etymology
Suffix from Scots bight derived from Middle English buhsum (flexible, obedient) derived from Old English *būhsum (obedient, pliant, bendable, flexible) suffix from English bow (arch).
Origin
English
bow
Gloss
arch
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barebow English
- bow English
- bow ball English
- bow maker English
- bow window English
- bowable English
- bowbearer English
- bowbent English
- bowest English
- boweth English
- bowfin English
- bowfront English
- bowgrace English
- bowguard English
- bowhead English
- bowhunter English
- bowhunting English
- bowknot English
- bowleg English
- bowless English
- bowlike English
- bowmaking English
- bowman English
- bowmanship English
- bowpicker English
- bowrider English
- bowshot English
- bowsman English
- bowstave English
- bowstring English
- bowtie English
- bowwoman English
- bowyer English
- buxom English
- crossbow English
- downbow English
- elbow English
- embow English
- facebow English
- footbow English
- hairbow English
- imbow English
- longbow English
- midbow English
- moonbow English
- mouthbow English
- outbow English
- overbow English
- oxbow English
- rainbow English
- saddle bow English
- saddlebow English
- shaft bow English
- shortbow English
- spray bow English
- stone bow English
- stonebow English
- sunbow English
- unbow English
- upbow English
- warbow English
- biegen German
- biegsam German
- buigen Dutch, Flemish
- buigzaam Dutch, Flemish
- buigzaamheid Dutch, Flemish
- onbuigzaam Dutch, Flemish
- *beuganą Proto-Germanic
- ボウ Japanese
- *būhsum Old English
- bowe Middle English
- buhsum Middle English
- buxum Middle English
- buȝsom Middle English
- โบ Thai
- boochsaem Middle Dutch
- bight Scots