Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of gaiety; gladsome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of gayety.
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- adjective archaic Full of
gaiety .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anita was up and pursuing her household duties, but she was calm, now, even sadder than before, making a strange contrast to blithe, gaysome Alice, who flitted about, here and there, like some bright-winged butterfly surrounded by a halo of perpetual sunshine.
Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler
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They are in general neat, pretty, and gaysome, but tame and insincere.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Hear her gaysome, gleesome giggle as she rides around in style!
The Re-echo Club Carolyn Wells 1902
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Minerva suspected he’d been flirting with her on the trip through the Falls, suspected she’d been flirting back a bit—but only the way she did when there was a barn-raising or a baptism, and everyone was feeling gaysome.
The Chisholms Evan Hunter 1976
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Minerva suspected he’d been flirting with her on the trip through the Falls, suspected she’d been flirting back a bit—but only the way she did when there was a barn-raising or a baptism, and everyone was feeling gaysome.
The Chisholms Evan Hunter 1976
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Minerva suspected he’d been flirting with her on the trip through the Falls, suspected she’d been flirting back a bit—but only the way she did when there was a barn-raising or a baptism, and everyone was feeling gaysome.
The Chisholms Evan Hunter 1976
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