blithesome
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- blithesomely adverb
- blithesomeness noun
Etymology
Origin of blithesome
Example Sentences
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Noah Brooks, a journalist, claimed that "few persons would recognize the hearty, blithesome, genial, and wiry Abraham Lincoln of earlier days" if they were to meet him again during his presidency.
From Salon • May 29, 2011
It was to commemorate the birth of this son that Wagner wrote his most blithesome work, Siegfried, the third of the Ring tetralogy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of them were socially prominent in Berlin and Munich, living lives of blithesome ease, swanking at regimental reunions.
From Time Magazine Archive
His alchemy remints fables into wondrous blithesome magic.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Sing ony o’ the auld Scotch sangs, The blithesome or the sad; They mak’ me laugh when I am wae, And weep when I am glad.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
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