onesome

English

English numbers ^(edit)

		10
		1	2  → [a], [b]	10  →
Cardinal: one     Ordinal: first     Latinate ordinal: primary     Reverse order ordinal: last     Latinate reverse order ordinal: ultimate     Adverbial: one time, once     Multiplier: onefold     Latinate multiplier: single     Distributive: singly     Germanic collective: onesome     Collective of n parts: singlet, singleton     Greek or Latinate collective: monad     Greek collective prefix: mono-     Latinate collective prefix: uni-     Fractional: whole     Elemental: singlet, singleton     Greek prefix: proto-     Number of musicians: solo     Number of years: year

Etymology

From one +‎ -some.

Noun

onesome (plural onesomes)

1. (rare) A solitary person or thing.

   When Joe and Suzie left, the threesome became a onesome.

   • 2011, John Updike, Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf, page 50:

     The remote innocence of the time may be read not only in the sub—dollar greens fee but in the surreal presence of three solo golfers— “onesomes”—spaced out on a public course.

Usage notes

This word is normally only used in comparison with a more common term like twosome.

Anagrams

• neosome, someone