Blithesome

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blithesome \Blithe"some\ (-s[u^]m), a.
     Cheery; gay; merry.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The blithesome sounds of wassail gay.    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.


     [1913 Webster] -- {Blithe"some*ly}, adv. --
     {Blithe"some*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blithesome
       adj : carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her
             blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her
             lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome
             heart" [syn: {blithe}, {lighthearted}, {lightsome}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "blithesome":
     beaming, blithe, boon, bright, bright and sunny, cheerful, cheery,
     elated, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, festive, flushed,
     gay, genial, glad, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, happy, high,
     hopeful, in good spirits, in high spirits, irrepressible, jocund,
     jolly, jovial, laughing, lighthearted, of good cheer, optimistic,
     pleasant, radiant, riant, rosy, sanguine, sanguineous, smiling,
     sparkling, sunny, winsome