a. [f. TRIP sb.1 or v. + -SOME.] Characterized by tripping; nimble. Hence Tripsomely adv.
1819. Blackw. Mag., V. 401. The shortened notes more tripsomely tipped over than in the modern airs.
1846. Mrs. Gore, Eng. Char. (1852), 52. He beholds the tripsome feet of Lady Clementina flit by him. Ibid. (1847), Castles in Air, xvi. An elf-like pigmy … walking tripsomely by my side.
1890. Sat. Rev., 13 Dec., 688/2. Sprightly style and tripsome metre.
