delightsome

American  

[dih-lahyt-suhm] / dɪˈlaɪt səm /

adjective

Literary.

1. highly pleasing; delightful.

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Other Word Forms

• delightsomely adverb
• delightsomeness noun

Etymology

Origin of delightsome

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

Example Sentences

I sometimes think of what Capt. John Smith wrote about the Chesapeake region more than 400 years ago: “Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man’s habitation. … Here are mountains, hills, plaines, valleyes, rivers, and brookes, all running into a faire Bay, compassed but for the mouth, with fruitful and delightsome land.”

From Washington Post

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 Literature

Yet literature in the schools is hopeless without teachers who have felt at home in this delightsome land, this most real world of ideal strength and beauty.

From Project Gutenberg

The flower planting was done by Mr. John Cope; and the garden is delightsome in proportions, contour, and aspect.

From Project Gutenberg

Sport on the Roanoke; an even and delightsome plain, most sweet and pleasant.

From Project Gutenberg