twosome
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈtuːsəm/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).
- Being or constituting a pair; two.
- Twofold; double.
- Performed by two individuals.
“a twosome dance”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der. Proto-Germanic *twai Proto-West Germanic *twai-der. Old English twēġen Old English twā Middle English two English two English -some English twosome From two + -some.
- A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
“And I was tooling along a mossy path with the brow a bit wet with honest sweat, when there came to my ears the unmistakable sound of somebody reading poetry to someone, and the next moment I found myself confronting a mixed twosome who had dropped anchor beneath a shady tree in what is known as a leafy glade.”
- A dance for two people.