"sitsome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sitsome [comparative], most sitsome [superlative]
Etymology: From sit + -some. Compare German sittsam (“decent, demure, prudish”), Swedish sedesam (“decent, modest, prim”). Compare setsome. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sit|some}} sit + -some, {{cog|de|sittsam||decent, demure, prudish}} German sittsam (“decent, demure, prudish”), {{cog|sv|sedesam||decent, modest, prim}} Swedish sedesam (“decent, modest, prim”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sitsome (comparative more sitsome, superlative most sitsome)
  1. Tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to be seated or sitting; sedentary; stationary.
    Sense id: en-sitsome-en-adj-oZXBi1sJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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