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blitheful, a.|ˈblaɪðfʊl|
[f. blithe n. or ? a. + -ful; cf. blissful.]
†1. Kindly, friendly. Cf. blithe a. 1. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 4078 Ne wald þai apon him sei..with blithful ei. Ibid. 8547 And..spak wit blithful [v.r. blisful] chere. a1300E.E. Psalter cxi[i]. 5 Blithefull man he es for-þi.
2. Joyous, joyful; = blithe a. 2, 3.
1530Lyndesay Papyngo 627 Edinburgh..Within quhose boundis rycht blythfull haue I bene. 1648Herrick Poems (1869) I. 245 Live here blithefull, while ye may. 1837Blackw. Mag. XLII. 552 That blitheful noise. |