delightsome

[ dih-lahyt-suhm ]

/ dɪˈlaɪt səm /

highly pleasing; delightful.

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First recorded in 1490–1500; delight + -some¹

de·light·some·ly, adverbde·light·some·ness, noun

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