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Webster 1913 Edition
Lightsome
Light′some
(līt′sŭm)
, Adj.
1.
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
White walls make rooms more
lightsome
than black. Bacon.
2.
Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
– Light′some-ly
, adv.
Light′some-ness
, Noun.
Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance
lightsomely
in a gala dress. Hawthorne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lightsome
LIGHTSOME
,Adj.
1.
Luminous; not dark; not obscure.White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. [Little used.]
The lightsome realms of love.
[In the latter passage, the word is elegant.]
2.
Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.That lightsome affection of joy.