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Liefsome

Lief′some

(lēf′sŭm)
,
Adj.
Pleasing; delightful.
[Obs.]

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liefsome

liefsome

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liefsome (comparative more liefsome, superlative most liefsome)

  1. (dialectal, poetic or archaic) Agreeable; pleasing; delightful.
    • 1854, Henry Howard Surrey (Earl of), Thomas Sackville Dorset (Earl of), Robert Bell, Poetical works of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey:
      So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight, And with a kiss, methinks I say, 'Welcome, my lord, my knight; [...]'

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