lovesome
Americanadjective
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inspiring love; lovely; lovable.
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amorous; loving.
Etymology
Origin of lovesome
before 1000; Middle English lovesom, Old English lufsum. See love, -some 1
Example Sentences
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"A Garden," burbled Victorian Poet Thomas Edward Brown, "is a lovesome thing, God wot!"
From Time Magazine Archive
My little heroine—the bonnie, winsome, lovesome Meta—had seen many changes even in her short lifetime.
From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon
It is a dear thing a little town, 'a lovesome thing, God wot,' and Priorsford is the pick of all little towns.
From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.
First he roused Iris of the golden wings to speed forth and call the fair-tressed Demeter, the lovesome in beauty.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew
Now what shall be our verdict in this case, lovesome ladies?
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
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