lovesome
Americanadjective
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inspiring love; lovely; lovable.
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amorous; loving.
Etymology
Origin of lovesome
before 1000; Middle English lovesom, Old English lufsum. See love, -some 1
Example Sentences
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"A Garden," burbled Victorian Poet Thomas Edward Brown, "is a lovesome thing, God wot!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Now what shall be our verdict in this case, lovesome ladies?
From The Decameron, Volume II by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
Them pictur’s o’ lovesome critturs wi’ feathery wings an’ sech?”
From In the Brooding Wild by Ridgwell Cullum
I’ve sot ther’ a-smilin’ to see the lovesome buds come along an’ open out, an’ make the air sweet wi’ perfumes an’ color an’ things.
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Ridgwell Cullum
Ah, how lovesome should you be, under dat bush by the gate, that hath de yellow flowers, when de sun was setting, and all golden behind you!
From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by W. (William) Rainey
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