blissom

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English blissomen, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse blæsma (“to be in heat”). Compare also Icelandic blasma (“in heat”), Middle Dutch blesme. === Verb === blissom (third-person singular simple present blissoms, present participle blissoming, simple past and past participle blissomed) (archaic, stative, said of a ewe) To be lustful; to be lascivious. ==== Synonyms ==== lust; see also Thesaurus:harlotize === Adjective === blissom (comparative more blissom, superlative most blissom) in heat; said of ewes === See also === blissome === References === “blissom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.