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
Ulenspiegel, thinking sadly of Nele, thus made answer: “I come from Flanders, a lovely land and filled with lovesome girls.”
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de
"You've the lovesome hand with the beasties," said Pan as he smiled down on the lambs and me.
From The Golden Bird by Chase, Edward L.
Them pictur’s o’ lovesome critturs wi’ feathery wings an’ sech?”
From In the Brooding Wild by Cullum, Ridgwell
Now what shall be our verdict in this case, lovesome ladies?
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
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