twosome
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtuːsəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːsəm
Adjective
[edit]twosome (not comparable)
Synonyms
[edit]- (twofold): twissel; see also Thesaurus:twofold
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]twosome (plural twosomes)
- A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:
- 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.
- A dance for two people.
Synonyms
[edit]- (group of two): duet, duo, pair; see also Thesaurus:duo
Translations
[edit]a group of two people; two individuals or components
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- en:Two