viewsome

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From view + -some.

Adjective

viewsome (comparative more viewsome, superlative most viewsome)

  1. (chiefly dialectal) Commanding a good view; attractive; comely; neat
    • 1885, A lost son, and The glover's daughter:
      "She hes, Reuben, she hes ; an' she's a viewsome lass an' all; an' she's a waäy o' deäin' things like thy muther had ; an' if she'd a bit o' brass, Ah wad niver hä' said a wod. [...]"
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