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gaysome, a. Now rare.|ˈgeɪsəm| [f. gay a. + -some.] a. Full of gaiety; blithe, buoyant, cheerful. b. Inspiring with gaiety; cheery; pleasant. a.1610Mirr. Mag., Robt. Normandie vii, And fier'd with heat of gaysome youth did venter, With warlike troopes the Norman coast to enter. c1611Chapman Iliad xi. 194 His breast was heightned with the fire Of gaisome youth. 1839Moir Poems, To Bust of my Son v, A gaysome elf, whose heart had ne'er Been tamed by grief. b.1633Ford Broken Heart ii. i, ‘Island!’ prison; A prison is as gaysome: we'll no islands. 1831Lincoln Gaz. 14 Oct. 3/1 Oh, ask me not to sing to-night, Nor bid me touch the gaysome lute. 1854W. White To Switz. & back ii. (1855) 16 Paris..its dingy quarters as well as its gaysome places. |