brightsome
brightsome adjective: marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
Adjective
brightsome (comparative more brightsome, superlative most brightsome)
- Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
- But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim,
And nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds,
Than my fair Abigail should frown on me.c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published... - [A]ll the shifts of cloud and sun, all the difference between black death and brightsome liveliness, scarcely may suggest or equal Lorna's transformation.1869, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 45, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
- But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim,
Examples of brightsome in a sentence
- This is a brightsome blaze you've lit good friend, to-night!1922, Thomas Hardy, “The Wood Fire”, in Late Lyrics and Earlier:
- The few chairs and the low table had been stripped of paint to reveal the brightsome grain of pine wood.2008, Paul S. Sunga, Red Dust, Red Sky, →ISBN, page 117:
- Her hair it was of a brightsome color, [...]2010, William Bay, Fun with Strums Mandolin:
- “[...] this point, characteristically, the speaker writes himself into the relation: his dull skin requires the “brightsome Colours” of Joseph's coat but more especially of Christ's blood and glory.”2014, Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, Protestant Poetics and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric:
Synonyms of brightsome
Forms of brightsome
| comparative | more brightsome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most brightsome |
Origin of brightsome
From bright + -some.
Words formed from brightsome
Questions about brightsome
- What does brightsome mean?
- Brightsome means marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
- How do you use brightsome in a sentence?
- This is a brightsome blaze you've lit good friend, to-night!
- What part of speech is brightsome?
- Brightsome is an adjective.
Words near brightsome in the dictionary
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