Words: Winsome, adj.
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Your support makes all the difference.THOSE OF us who sit through the credits are invariably rewarded not only with details of who sang what but also with names that no scriptwriter would dare invent - or producer allow above the title. Somebody with a hand in the sprightly Antz has the killer surname Posthumus and the dismal Sex and the City at least yields the name Winsome.
Doubtless, in her own case, many a date has ended with one or other thinking, ruefully or otherwise, "You win some . . ." It derives from the Old English for joy, and sum meant productive of. The word is overlooked by Johnson - it underwent a hiatus between the Middle Ages and the 18th century, when it returned, with the current meaning of pleasant on the eye, via northern dialect. Quite a chat-up line.
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