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lifesome

Syllables: life·some/ˈlaɪfsəm/

lifesome adjective: characterised by liveliness; animated; eventful.

Adjective

lifesome (comparative more lifesome, superlative most lifesome)

  1. Characterised by liveliness; animated; eventful.
    • My sister may not visit us,
      My mother says her nay:
      O Edward! you are all to me,
      I wish for your sake I could be
      More lifesome and more gay.1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Three Graves
    • "[…] but I won't tell you a lie if I can help it; and for all I haven't it chapter and verse, it's wonderful lifesome, too ."1887, Littell's Living Age, volume 172, page 138

Forms of lifesome

comparativemore lifesome
superlativemost lifesome

Origin of lifesome

From life + -some.

Words formed from lifesome

Questions about lifesome

What does lifesome mean?
Lifesome means characterised by liveliness; animated; eventful.
What part of speech is lifesome?
Lifesome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lifesome?
Lifesome is pronounced /ˈlaɪfsəm/.

Words near lifesome in the dictionary

  1. lifeships
  2. lifesize
  3. lifesized
  4. lifeskill
  5. lifeskills
  6. lifesome
  7. lifesomely
  8. lifesomeness
  9. lifesource
  10. lifesources
  11. lifespan

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