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gladsome

[ glad-suhm ]

adjective

  1. giving or causing joy; delightful.


gladsome

/ ˈɡæə /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for glad 1
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdz, adverb
  • ˈdzԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sdz· adverb
  • sdz·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gladsome1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; glad 1, -some 1
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No doubt it will be another spooky, unsettling and gripping tale from the gladsome Goth.

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“That won’t harm ye, my pretty; an’ it may make poor Geordie gladsome to have so trim a lass sittin’ on his lap.

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Church bells across the land would peal out the gladsome tidings from every tower.

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But even better than the solid reality of the book in my hand was the gladsome fact that my mother and father at last understood the kind of nourishment I needed to survive.

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And these musicians have been steadfast in their devotion to outmoded, oldfangled and underplayed forms of country music, especially the springy, gladsome lilt of Western swing, best exemplified by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.

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