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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In a few days the maist o' the men were as heartsome and blithe as if naething had happened.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
Dane fancied a scream rose in answer from the grass, and once or twice a long gun flashed; then the firing slackened, and it was heartsome to hear Maxwell laugh.
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
Patsey Muldoon came in with his heartsome laugh.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
The heartsome sound of cheering accompanied all the way.
From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan
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
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