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delightsome

[dih-lahyt-suh m]

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adjective Literary.

highly pleasing; delightful.

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

Historical Examples of delightsome

And the burdensome one is toilsome, while the delightsome one is pleasurable.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life
St. Thomas Aquinas
It is because joy is fugitive that it leaves us a delightsome memory.
Remember the Alamo
Amelia E. Barr
But if these are expressions of thankful love, they are delightsome to Him.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2
Alexander Maclaren
It is so quiet, and my thoughts now and tan be so delightsome.
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2)
Timothy East
Burton and his wife never forgot these delightsome causeries.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton
Thomas Wright