Twosome

Origin

From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome ("twosome").

Full definition of twosome

Adjective

1. Being or constituting a pair; two.
2. Twofold; double.
3. Performed by two individuals.a twosome dance

Noun

1. A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
• 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, And I was tooling along a mossy path with the brow a bit wet with honest sweat, when there came to my ears the unmistakable sound of somebody reading poetry to someone, and the next moment I found myself confronting a mixed twosome who had dropped anchor beneath a shady tree in what is known as a leafy glade.

Synonyms

• duet
• duo
• pair