lightsome
/ˈlaɪtsəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "While in their mothers wombe enclosd they were, / Ere they into the lightsom world were brought, / In fleshly lust were mingled both yfere […]"
- "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."
- "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."
- "If any find it incredible that Ida be even outwardly so lightsome that she saw clearly in the night, let them answer this question."
- "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.”"
- "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, [...]"
Etymology
From Middle English lightsum, equivalent to light (“bright”, adjective) + -some (suffix forming adjectives).
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Inflected Forms
more lightsome (comparative)
most lightsome (superlative)