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English
Etymology
From still + -some.
Adjective
stillsome (comparative more stillsome, superlative most stillsome)
- (archaic or poetic) Marked by stillness; quietsome
1846, Edward Mordaunt Spencer, The Heir of Abbotsville:Where many a flow'r deck'd in beauty rare, / Imparted fragrance to the stillsome air; [...]
1883, James Middleton Sutherland, Douglas, and other poems:Clear streams that thro' so many winding ways / Stray to the mighty ocean, murm'ring flow, / And make sweet music in the stillsome air.