# winsome

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɪn.səm/ · frequency rank #60,568

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

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wynsom, winsom, winsome, winsum, wunsum (“beautiful; agreeable, gracious, pleasant; generous; of situations: favourable, propitious”), from Old English wynsum (“joyful, merry, pleasant; winsome”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjusam (“joyful”). By surface analysis, winne (“delight, joy, pleasure”) + -some.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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