lightsome
Syllables: light·some/ˈlaɪtsəm/
lightsome adjective: characterised by light; luminous; emitting or manifesting light; radiant.
Adjective (1)
lightsome (comparative more lightsome, superlative most lightsome)
- Characterised by light; luminous; emitting or manifesting light; radiant.
- While in their mothers wombe enclosd they were, / Ere they into the lightsom world were brought, / In fleshly lust were mingled both yfere […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- This said, the smoky cloud was cleft and torn, / Which like a veil upon them stretched lay, // And up to open heav'n forthwith was borne, / And left the prince in view of lightsome day.1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, xlix
Adjective (2)
lightsome (comparative more lightsome, superlative most lightsome)
- Characterised by lightness of weight, not heavy; nimble, active.
- Upbeat; cheery; light graceful.
- Reality is lightsome, that is, light and graceful.... Moreover, the play, the lightsome character of reality, would be misunderstood if this dimension were to be severed from what really makes a play a play, [...]1983, Raimon Panikkar, The Vedic experience
- When I was of your youth, I was lightsome and quick two years before I was married.1999, Thomas Middleton, David M. Bevington, Kathleen McLuskie, Plays on women - Page 69
lightsome meaning in Urdu
lightsome in Urdu
- فرح, مسرور, مفرح, نیر, شاد
Examples of lightsome in a sentence
- There came a day when he remembered the moment, when he regretted that he had not ridden off into the buoyant midst of these lightsome elements.1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 105:
- If any find it incredible that Ida be even outwardly so lightsome that she saw clearly in the night, let them answer this question.2006, Goswin (of Bossut.), Martinus Cawley, Send me God
- The literal sense of the Greek is: “If therefore thy whole body is lightsome, having no part darksome, thy whole body will be lightsome, as when the lamp lightens thee with its flashing.”2009, David Rooney, The wine of certitude:
Antonyms of lightsome
Forms of lightsome
| comparative | more lightsome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lightsome |
Origin of lightsome
From Middle English lightsum, equivalent to light (“bright”, adjective) + -some (suffix forming adjectives).
From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + -some (suffix forming adjectives). Cognate with Middle High German līhtsam, modern German leichtsam.
Words formed from lightsome
Words that rhyme with lightsome
Questions about lightsome
- What does lightsome mean?
- Lightsome means characterised by light; luminous; emitting or manifesting light; radiant.
- What is lightsome in Urdu?
- Lightsome in Urdu is فرح, مسرور, مفرح. See Lightsome meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use lightsome in a sentence?
- There came a day when he remembered the moment, when he regretted that he had not ridden off into the buoyant midst of these lightsome elements.
- What part of speech is lightsome?
- Lightsome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lightsome?
- Lightsome is pronounced /ˈlaɪtsəm/.
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