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gladsome, a.|ˈglædsəm|
Also 4–5 gladsum, 4, 6 gladsom, 6 Sc. glaidsum.
[f. glad n.1 + -some.]
1. Of things, events, places, etc.: Productive of gladness; cheering, pleasant.
c1386Chaucer Nun's Pr. Prol. 12 Swich thyng is gladsom as it thynketh me And of swich thyng were goodly for to telle. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxvi. 232 All thynges and wethers fallen to me joyfull and lykyng and gladsum as I wold haue hem. 1597T. Payne Royal Exch. 17 A greater confidens of that gladsome resurrection. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §8 The Kings Gouernour after the victory rode..with the gladsome tidings..to the King and Legate. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 60 Noah when hee had been tossed but a yeare upon the waters, then Mount Ararat was to him a gladsome place. 1728Pope Odyss. xxiv. 453 On chairs and beds in order seated round They share the gladsome board. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 298 He flattered himself that the scalps..would prove a gladsome sight to our people. 1853De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. I. 202 The day on which a Roman triumphed was the most gladsome day of his existence. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. vi. 163 We have the gladsome and joyful sight of fruitful slopes.
2. Of looks and feelings: Expressive of, or characterized by, gladness.
1375Barbour Bruce xi. 256 He welcummyt thame vith gladsum fair. a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1365 Hir gladsome looke made me truste hir wele. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. iv. 11 Clapping their hands for ioy thereof, which manner of gladsome reioysing, they vsed three or foure times. 1605Camden Rem. 3 Whereas the saide Panegyrist falleth into a gladsome admiration. 1729T. Cooke Tales, &c. 81 The Sailor so, with gladsome Eye, Th' unruffel'd Main..Views. 1832Lander Adv. Niger I. iii. 113 Countenances more gladsome and animated than can be conceived.
b. transf. said of inanimate nature and its aspects.
1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 78 The cornis croppis and the beris new brerd Wyth glaidsum garmond revesting the erd. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Pilgrimage iv, At length I got unto the gladsome hill. 1710Philips Pastorals ii. 6 Their Notes soft-warbling to the gladsome Spring. 1816J. Wilson City of Plague iii. i, When the silent stars Stole out so gladsome through the dark-blue heavens. 1868Hawthorne Amer. Note-Bks. (1879) II. 75 The gladsome sunshine.
3. Of persons, the mind, heart, etc.: Having a glad or joyous nature or mood; filled with gladness. Also of birds. † gladsome of: glad of (cf. glad a. 3 b).
c1410Sir Cleges 30 Sche was full good sekyrly, And gladsum both day and nyghte. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 89 The monke schewyd hym selfe to the abbot..ful gracyous of syghte and gladsum of chere. 1530Palsgr. 314/1 Gladsome, cherefull, alaigre. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 390 Queen Elizabeth..our most gratious and gladsome Gove[r]nour. 1606J. Carpenter Solomon's Solace ii. 8 He vsed to be gladsome and merily conceited. 1624Milton Ps. cxxxvi. 1 Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord. 1635J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 61 So gladsome was the Knight of this gift, that [etc.]. 1793–4Wordsw. Guilt & Sorrow xxviii, We two had sung, like gladsome birds in May. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath 13 From the sky the gladsome lark warbles his heaven-tuned song. 1837Hawthorne Twice-Told T. (1851) II. xii. 184 Peter smiled like a gladsome man. 1867G. Macdonald Poems 143 Carried it about the land, Gladsome as a boy.
4. quasi-adv. Gladly.
1540Palsgrave Acolastus iv. ii. S iij, I have done it gladsome .i. with a good wyll. |