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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winsome \Win"some\, a. [Compar. {Winsomer}; superl.
{Winsomest}.] [AS. wynsum fr wynn joy; akin to OS wunnia
OHG. wunna, wunni, G. wonne, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in
unwunands sad), AS wunian to dwell. ????. See {Win}, v. t.,
{Wont}, a.]
1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature.
--Jeffrey.
2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.
Still plotting how their hungry ear That winsome
voice again might hear. --Emerson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
winsome
adj : charming in a childlike or naive way
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