onesome

English

Etymology

one +‎ -some

Noun

onesome (plural onesomes)

1. (rare) A solitary person or thing.

   When Joe and Suzie left, the threesome became a onesome.

   • 2011, John Updike, Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf, page 50:

     The remote innocence of the time may be read not only in the sub—dollar greens fee but in the surreal presence of three solo golfers— “onesomes”—spaced out on a public course.

Usage notes

This word is normally only used in comparison with a more common term like twosome.

Anagrams

• neosome, someone