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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Etymology
Origin of heartsome
Example Sentences
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But at that time it was a heartsome spot.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
It is, indeed, a rare and heartsome place to bide in on a summer's day.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Kid," said Aunt Huldah's heartsome voice, "here's Minnie—I've brung her to you.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
And above all and swamping all the endless talk of a busy, heartsome farm-town!
From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
On getting ashore at last, he forgot all his sorrows and soaking, when he heard heartsome strains of welcome being played on the insular pianola.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
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