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
Example Sentences
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"Light's heartsome," quo' the thief to the Lammas mune.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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
"They do say 'at you're not the same heartsome little lass," he said.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine
Farewell to Lochaber, farewell to my Jean, Where heartsome wi' thee I hae mony days been; For Lochaber no more, Lochaber no more, We 'll maybe return to Lochaber no more.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
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
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