hearsome
English
adj
Definitions
- (rare) Ready to hear; obedient; compliant; dutiful; devout.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hersum inherited from Old English hīersum suffix from English hear.
Origin
English
hear
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behear English
- forehear English
- hark English
- hear English
- hearability English
- hearable English
- hearer English
- hearest English
- heareth English
- hearie English
- hearsomeness English
- mishear English
- outhear English
- overhear English
- rehear English
- unhear English
- Gehorsamkeit German
- gehorsam German
- ungehorsam German
- gehoor Dutch, Flemish
- gehoorzaam Dutch, Flemish
- gehoorzaamheid Dutch, Flemish
- gehoorzamen Dutch, Flemish
- ongehoorzaam Dutch, Flemish
- gehiersum Old English
- hīersum Old English
- heren Middle English
- hersum Middle English
- hersumnesse Middle English
- gehoorsaem Middle Dutch
- gehōrsam Middle High German
- harim Tok Pisin
- yere Sranan Tongo