Toothsome
/ˈtuːθ.səm/noun
Pleasant to the taste; attractive or appealing.
Did you know?Toothsome is an old English formation from tooth + some, where -some means “tending to” or “having the quality of,” so the word originally described something agreeable to the teeth, not just the eyes.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
tōþ
“tooth”
Old English
OE
-sum
“having the quality of; inclined to”
Middle English
ME
tothsom / toothsom
“pleasant or agreeable to the taste”
16th Century
English
toothsome
“pleasant to eat; delicious”
Modern English
English
toothsome
“pleasant to the taste; attractive or appealing”
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