Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playsome

/ˈpleɪsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: play-some
IPA: /ˈpleɪsəm/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Playful; frolicsome.

Dated; Literary

Example Sentences

"I have heard his brother Edm and M'r Wayte his schoole fellow &c, say that when he was a Boy he was playsome enough: but withall he had even then a contemplative Melancholinesse."
"Sweet Frankie lives in Elfindale; Where all the flowers are fair, and frail (Like her fair self,) a slender fairy, And like a zephyr, playsome, airy, But lovelier far, than buxom Mary."
"An' down below's the cloty brook Where I did vish with line an' hook, An' beat, in playsome dips and zwims, The foamy stream, wi' white-skinned lim's."

Etymology

From play + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: play

Usage

Inflected Forms

more playsome (comparative) most playsome (superlative)

Derived Forms

playsomely playsomeness

Synonyms

carefree merry sportive wanton

Rhymes With

omasum gaysome

Questions

How do you pronounce playsome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpleɪsəm/.
What does playsome mean?: Playful; frolicsome.
Where does playsome come from?: From play + -some.

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