delightsome

American  

[dih-lahyt-suhm] / dɪˈlaɪt səm /

adjective

Literary.

1. highly pleasing; delightful.

---

Other Word Forms

• delightsomely adverb
• delightsomeness noun

Etymology

Origin of delightsome

First recorded in 1490–1500; delight + -some ¹

Example Sentences

Captain John Smith, who first entered the bay in 1608, was so taken with the "fruitful and delightsome" place that he declared, "Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation."

From Time Magazine Archive

Laurie’s eyes followed her with pleasure, for she neither romped nor sauntered, but danced with spirit and grace, making the delightsome pastime what it should be.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

We shrink from that apparent termination, as if beyond it there could be but a shadowy, spectral life in which nothing is substantial, nothing lively, nothing delightsome, nothing strong.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus

Who knows not that the first scene of infancy is far the most pleasant and delightsome?

From In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Erasmus, Desiderius

Fabyan, however, has preserved more picturesque and ingenious visions in some legends of saints or apparitions—still delightsome.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac