[ adj ] charming in a childlike or naive way <adj.all>
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.
We are glad to report that Alice doesn't live there any more, that last winsome aberration is succeeded by this gloriously witty tale of love and death.
This winsome nonsense might have been penned by Sylvie Krin with a little help - for what is a French film without pretension? - from Marguerite Duras.
'Die Stille' was natural territory, of course - winsome staccato, with a touch of irony; but where she might have just floated 'Mondnacht' exquisitely (she controls long lines to perfection, and rhythmic periods too) her visionary purpose drew tears.
The Huxtables are so decent, so loving, so winsome, so cute that I wish the old Bill Cosby's "Chicken Heart That Ate Cleveland" would gobble up NBC at 8 o'clock on Thursdays.