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gleesome

adj
/ˈɡliːsəm/

Etymology

From glee + -some. Compare Yola gleezom (“joy”).

  1. derived from *gʰlew-✻ — “to joke, make fun, enjoy”
  2. inherited from *glīwą✻ — “joy, mirth”
  3. inherited from *glīw✻
  4. inherited from glēo
  5. inherited from gle
  6. suffixed as gleesome — “glee + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by glee

    Characterised or marked by glee; gleeful; joyous.

    • So long as the men kept sober, Jervis rather liked this, and was never better pleased than when, on the last evening of the week, he heard the voices of the men raised in song, or the squeaking of the merry fiddle and gleesome flute.
    • "And wasn't it just jolly!" gloated a juvenile gleesome voice in a loud whisper.
    • For the bird will sing gleesome dirges in your heart!"

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