giving great delight; very pleasing, beautiful, charming, etc
Derived forms
delightfully (deˈlightfully)
adverb
delightfulness (deˈlightfulness)
noun
delightsome in American English
(dɪˈlaitsəm)
adjective
literary
highly pleasing; delightful
Derived forms
delightsomely
adverb
delightsomeness
noun
Word origin
[1490–1500; delight + -some1]This word is first recorded in the period 1490–1500. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: filler, legal, passport, pointer, zone-some is a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives. Other wordsthat use the affix -some include: flavorsome, gruesome, lonesome, nettlesome, worrisome
Examples of 'delightsome' in a sentence
delightsome
O house most lightsome and delightsome!
St. Augustine, Translated by E. B. Pusey (Edward Bourverie) The Confessions of St Augustine (1838). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)