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
Other Word Forms
- heartsomely adverb
- heartsomeness noun
Etymology
Origin of heartsome
Example Sentences
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Her heartsome cheery voice penetrated deeper into the poor old soul than anything had done in a long while.
From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Douglas, Amanda M.
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
"But how long can you hold out?" at last broke in one of the heartsome, friendly voices.
From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley
"Light's heartsome," quo' the thief to the Lammas mune.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
He was beginning to think of love and marriage as strong, heartsome youth will, but, strange to say, the young woman his father approved of was not at all to his liking.
From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
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