twosome

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtuːsəm/

Definition of twosome

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Being or constituting a pair; two.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Being or constituting a pair; two.
  2. (not-comparable)Twofold; double.
  3. (not-comparable)Performed by two individuals.
    “a twosome dance”

noun

  1. 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.”
  2. A dance for two people.

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Etymology

From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).

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