Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Animated; gay; lively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Poetic Animated; sprightly.
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- adjective poetic
animated ;gay ;lively ;sprightly
Etymologies
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From life + -some.
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Examples
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The scenes described in this book are exceedingly lifesome.
The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1832
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