"bightsome" meaning in Scots

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Adjective

Forms: mair bightsome [comparative], maist bightsome [superlative]
Etymology: From bight + -some, or alteration of Middle English buhsum (“obedient, flexible”), from Old English *būhsum (“bendable, flexible, pliant, obedient”). Compare also Dutch buigzaam (“flexible, pliant”), German biegsam (“flexible, pliant”). See also buxom. Etymology templates: {{suffix|sco|bight|some|pos=adjective}} bight + -some, {{der|sco|enm|buhsum||obedient, flexible}} Middle English buhsum (“obedient, flexible”), {{der|sco|ang|*būhsum||bendable, flexible, pliant, obedient}} Old English *būhsum (“bendable, flexible, pliant, obedient”), {{cog|nl|buigzaam||flexible, pliant}} Dutch buigzaam (“flexible, pliant”), {{cog|de|biegsam||flexible, pliant}} German biegsam (“flexible, pliant”) Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair bightsome|||||superlative|maist bightsome||||}} bightsome (comparative mair bightsome, superlative maist bightsome), {{sco-adj}} bightsome (comparative mair bightsome, superlative maist bightsome)
  1. Having an air of ease combined with activity; easy; light; active. Synonyms: bightsom
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