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delightsome

American  
[dih-lahyt-suhm] / dɪˈlaɪt səm /

adjective

Literary.
  1. highly pleasing; delightful.


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Etymology

Origin of delightsome

First recorded in 1490–1500; delight + -some 1

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Captain John Smith, who first entered the bay in 1608, was so taken with the "fruitful and delightsome" place that he declared, "Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation."

From Time Magazine Archive

Laurie’s eyes followed her with pleasure, for she neither romped nor sauntered, but danced with spirit and grace, making the delightsome pastime what it should be.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

There's nothing delightsome without society, no society so sweet as matrimony.

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John

Just think how delightsome that would be,” she ended teasingly.

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster

When I reached the stone wall which bounded my delightsome field, and slipped through my private gate, I stopped in amazement at the sight before me.

From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne

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