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heartsome, a. Chiefly Sc.|ˈhɑːtsəm|
[f. heart n. + -some.]
†1. Courageous, spirited, bold. Obs.
1567Satir. Poems Reform. iii. 101 Now euerie Dowglas of ane hartsum mynde, Think on dame Margaret.
2. That gives heart or cheer; that rejoices the heart; animating.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 49 The citie [Aberdeen] enioyes..a schip read, or hartsum hauining place. 1634Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 110 Pray for well⁓cooked meat and an hartsome Saviour. 1726E. Erskine Serm. Wks. 1871 I. 288 What a lightsome and heartsome dwelling place the believer has. 1879Stevenson Trav. Cevennes (1895) 191 Overhead the heartsome stars were set in the face of the night. 1889Harper's Mag. Dec. 121/2 The wild thyme..filled all the air with heartsome fragrance.
3. Full of cheer or gladness; cheerful, merry, joyous, blithe.
1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc., Polwart on Green, With sangs and dancing keen We'll pass the heartsome day. 1799–1805Wordsw. Prelude vii. 29 Ye heartsome Choristers, ye and I will be Associates. 1895Crockett Sweetheart Trav. 129 He was a heartsome cleric, and gave us jovial greeting. |