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gladsome

American  
[glad-suhm] / ˈglæd səm /

adjective

  1. giving or causing joy; delightful.

  2. glad.


gladsome British  
/ ˈɡlædsəm /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for glad 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of gladsome

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at glad 1, -some 1


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No doubt it will be another spooky, unsettling and gripping tale from the gladsome Goth.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2022

Church bells across the land would peal out the gladsome tidings from every tower.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020

In odoriferous Bagdad last week Sir Francis Humphrys, British High Commissioner, courteously received a gladsome group of Iraq Cabinet Ministers who entered beaming in their beards.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he waited for the deluge of upright parents and gladsome children.

From Time Magazine Archive

But even better than the solid reality of the book in my hand was the gladsome fact that my mother and father at last understood the kind of nourishment I needed to survive.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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