hearsome
hearsome · more hearsome · most hearsome
Ready to hear; obedient; compliant; dutiful; devoutReady to hear; obedient; compliant; dutiful; devout.
Meaning
1 senses(rare)Ready to hear; obedient; compliant; dutiful; devout.
Origin
From Middle English hersum, ihersum, from Old English hīersum, ġehīersum (“obedient”), froFrom Middle English hersum, ihersum, from Old English hīersum, ġehīersum (“obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀisam, *gahauʀisam, equivalent to hear + -some. Cognate with West Frisian hearsum (“obedient”), Dutch gehoorzaam (“obedient, dutiful, law-abiding”), Low German horzaam, hursam (“obedient”), German gehorsam (“obedient, submissive, subdued”), Swedish hörsam (“obedient”).
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Forms
more hearsome, most hearsome| Comparative | more hearsome Lesson |
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| Superlative | most hearsome Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedhearsomeness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form