lovesome

[ luhv-suhm ]
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adjective
  1. inspiring love; lovely; lovable.

  2. amorous; loving.

Origin of lovesome

1
before 1000; Middle English lovesom,Old English lufsum.See love, -some1

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How to use lovesome in a sentence

  • In June, therefore, the garden was a "lovesome spot" indeed.

    Patchwork | Anna Balmer Myers
  • For my part, I think Miss Ellinor almost as handsome; not so grand-like, but more lovesome!

    Eugene Aram, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I said they were both the fairest ladies of their courts, and that the Queen of England was whiter, but our Queen very lovesome.

  • I could not look at her as she spoke; I dared not trust myself,—the most thrilling irony pointed her delicate, lovesome tones.

  • I had always supposed that a mocking-bird, like a garden, was "a lovesome thing, God wot."

    The Smiling Hill-Top | Julia M. Sloane