詞源

繼承自中古英語 、，等同於 +‎ 。對照荷蘭語 、德國低地德語 。原意是指「容易處理和使用」，因此便出現了「合適的」和「靈巧的，聰明的」等含義（16世紀中期），並產生了表示欣賞的現代化含義（16世紀晚期）。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈhæn.səm/^[1]或偶爾讀作/ˈhænd.səm/^[2]~/ˈhænt.səm/^[3]

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• 韻部：-ænsəm
• 斷字：hand‧some
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形容詞

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1. 外表英俊、帥氣、有吸引力，好看
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   • 1916, On H.R. 4683, site for post-office building at Chicago, Ill，頁號 117:

     On the opposite side of the street, on the corner, is the city hall, a very handsome building of brick and stone.

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   • 1917, Anton Chekhov, 譯者 Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories‎, , →ISBN，頁號 71:

     The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.

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   • 2006, Richard Leviton, The Gods in Their Cities, iUniverse, →ISBN，頁號 44:

     Often, human mortals describe their visits to the Tuatha's [places] in similar terms: they were great bright places, occupied by exceedingly handsome men and women, that sported wonderful crystal chairs, inexhaustible supplies of mead or ale ...

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   That is one handsome tree you've got there.

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