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brightsome

adj

Etymology

From bright + -some.

  1. inherited from bright — “brightness, brilliance; daylight; light”
  2. derived from *bʰerHǵ-✻ — “to shine, to gleam, whiten”
  3. inherited from *berhtaz✻ — “bright”
  4. inherited from *berht✻
  5. inherited from beorht
  6. inherited from bright
  7. suffixed as brightsome — “bright + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by brightness or brilliance

    Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.

    • But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim, And nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds, Than my fair Abigail should frown on me.
    • [A]ll the shifts of cloud and sun, all the difference between black death and brightsome liveliness, scarcely may suggest or equal Lorna's transformation.
    • This is a brightsome blaze you've lit good friend, to-night!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA