nighsome

English

Etymology

From nigh +‎ -some.

Adjective

nighsome (comparative more nighsome, superlative most nighsome)

1. Favourable; gracious.
   • 1922, Charles Edwin Hewes, Songs of the Rockies:

     And embittered Winter, fury consumed By thoughts of Spring's nighsome 'proach, can compass.

Derived terms

• nighsomeness

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