lovesome
Americanadjective
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inspiring love; lovely; lovable.
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amorous; loving.
Etymology
Origin of lovesome
before 1000; Middle English lovesom, Old English lufsum. See love, -some 1
Example Sentences
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"A Garden," burbled Victorian Poet Thomas Edward Brown, "is a lovesome thing, God wot!"
From Time Magazine Archive
“She is a lovesome little maid as yet,” said Mrs Tremayne.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah
‘If thou had ought eny ill will,’ he saith, ‘Thou shoulde have taken my lyffe, And have saved my children thre, All and my lovesome wyffe.’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
My little heroine—the bonnie, winsome, lovesome Meta—had seen many changes even in her short lifetime.
From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon
Now he had a very fair and lovesome lady to wife, by name Mistress Tessa, who was the daughter of Mannuccio dalla Cuculia and was exceeding discreet and well advised.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
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