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delightsome

[ dih-lahyt-suh m ]

/ dɪˈlaɪt səm /

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adjective Literary.

highly pleasing; delightful.

Nearby words

Origin of delightsome

First recorded in 1490–1500; delight + -some¹

Related formsde·light·some·ly, adverbde·light·some·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for delightsome

Never was tea so refreshing, or bread and butter so sweet, or the song of birds so delightsome.
The Wide, Wide World|Susan Warner
His manor was so fair and so delightsome that all the world did not contain its peer.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
It is delightsome to the ear, and it is one of our most acceptable methods of worshiping God.
Gospel Doctrine|Joseph F. Smith
A thousand miles over the prairie in July is one of the most cheery and delightsome journeys that can be made.
The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company|George Bryce

Burton and his wife never forgot these delightsome causeries.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton|Thomas Wright