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liefsome

liefsome adjective: agreeable; pleasing; delightful.

Adjective

liefsome (comparative more liefsome, superlative most liefsome)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, poetic) Agreeable; pleasing; delightful.
    • The manner in which he treated my dog did not seem very liefsome to me.
    • So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight, And with a kiss, methinks I say, 'Welcome, my lord, my knight; …'1854, Henry Howard Surrey (Earl of), Thomas Sackville Dorset (Earl of), Robert Bell, Poetical works of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey

Forms of liefsome

comparativemore liefsome
superlativemost liefsome
alternative formleefsome
alternative formleesome

Origin of liefsome

From Middle English lefsum, leofsum, probably from Old English *lēofsum, equivalent to lief + -some. Compare Old High German liobsam (“liefsome”), German liebsam.

Questions about liefsome

What does liefsome mean?
Liefsome means agreeable; pleasing; delightful.
What part of speech is liefsome?
Liefsome is an adjective.

Words near liefsome in the dictionary

  1. liefer
  2. liefest
  3. liefling
  4. lieflings
  5. liefly
  6. liefsome
  7. lieftel
  8. Lieg
  9. liegance
  10. liegances
  11. liege

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