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gamesome

Syllables: game·some/ˈɡeɪmsəm/

gamesome adjective: full of sport; playful.

Adjective

gamesome (comparative more gamesome, superlative most gamesome)

  1. Full of sport; playful.
    • A pretty young Kitty, / She had that could Purr; / 'Tvvas gameſome and handſome, / And had a rare Furr; […]a. 1708 (date written), [Henry Playford], “Puss in a Corner: A New Song, to a Pretty New Tune Made by a Man of Quality”, in Thomas d’Urfey, compiler, Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; […]...
    • In their gamesome but still serious way, one whispers to the other—“Jack, he’s robbed a widow;” or, “Joe, do you mark him; he’s a bigamist;” ...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter IX, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Examples of gamesome in a sentence

  • She stepped upon Sicilian grass, / Demeter's daughter, fresh and fair, / A child of light, a radiant lass, / And gamesome as the morning air.1862, Jean Ingelow, “Persephone”, in Poems:
  • Tom Stoppard secured his place on the theatrical map in 1967 with this wordy curiosity, a highly philosophical but stage-smart play crafted by a gamesome wordsmith enamored of the power of language.2001 January 26, Erik Piepenburg, “Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead”, in Chicago Reader:

Synonyms of gamesome

All synonyms of gamesome

Forms of gamesome

comparativemore gamesome
superlativemost gamesome

Origin of gamesome

From Middle English gamsome, gamsum, equivalent to game + -some.

Words formed from gamesome

Questions about gamesome

What does gamesome mean?
Gamesome means full of sport; playful.
How do you use gamesome in a sentence?
She stepped upon Sicilian grass, / Demeter's daughter, fresh and fair, / A child of light, a radiant lass, / And gamesome as the morning air.
What part of speech is gamesome?
Gamesome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gamesome?
Gamesome is pronounced /ˈɡeɪmsəm/.

Words near gamesome in the dictionary

  1. gamesmanship
  2. gamesmanships
  3. gamesmaster
  4. gamesmasters
  5. gamesmen
  6. gamesome
  7. gamesomely
  8. gamesomeness
  9. gamesomest
  10. gamespace
  11. gamespaces

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