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Webster 1913 Edition


Lifesome

Life′some

(līf′sŭm)
,
Adj.
Animated; sprightly.
[Poetic]
Coleridge.
Life′some-ness
,
Noun.

Definition 2024


lifesome

lifesome

English

Adjective

lifesome (comparative more lifesome, superlative most lifesome)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) animated; gay; lively; sprightly
    • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
      My sister may not visit us,
      My mother says her nay:
      O Edward! you are all to me,
      I wish for your sake I could be
      More lifesome and more gay.

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