lovesome
/ˈlʌvsəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!"
- "Through all the living Regions dost thou move, And scatter'st, where thou goest, the kindly Seeds of Love: Since then the race of every living thing, Obeys thy pow'r; since nothing new can spring Without thy Warmth, without thy Influence bear, Or beautiful or lovesome can appear, Be thou my Aid: my tuneful Song inspire, And kindle with thy own productive Fire;"
- "[T]he Lady seems Lovesome, & I fancy lends him Money from Time to Time."
Etymology
From Middle English lufsom, lufsum, from Old English lufsum (“loving, lovable, pleasant”), equivalent to love + -some.
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Inflected Forms
more lovesome (comparative)
most lovesome (superlative)
loosome (alternative)
lossom (alternative)