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
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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 Sir Hall Caine
I mind the day"—so he began—"a fine heartsome harvest day in mid-September.
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
"You have a heartsome voice," said the singing master, coming closer to Sally, and speaking in his own rich bass.
From Maid Sally by Harriet A. Cheever
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 Amanda M. Douglas
It was such an earnest, heartsome world I had come into, out of myself!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
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