heartsome
Americanadjective
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giving cheer, spirit, or courage.
a heartsome wine.
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cheerful; spirited.
heartsome lads and lasses.
adjective
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cheering or encouraging
heartsome news
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gay; cheerful
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Origin of heartsome
Example Sentences
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A heartsome and a weel-faured lad was Geordie, wi' a merry ee, and a laugh—I maist think I hear't noo—that cam ringing frae the heart.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
It was such a heartsome sight that the incoming train took her by surprise, and she had barely time to get her ticket and rush for a carriage.
From Captain Jim by Bruce, Mary Grant
"They do say 'at you're not the same heartsome little lass," he said.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
Then she thought of Paul the man—Paul as he had been, gay and heartsome; Paul as he was, harassed by many cares.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
It was blithe and heartsome to go birling to Skeighan in the train; it was grand to jouk round Barbie on the nichts at e'en!
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
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