Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blithesome

/ˈblaɪθsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: blithe-some
IPA: /ˈblaɪθsəm/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Happy or spriteful; carefree.

Example Sentences

"Fare not the birds well, as from spray to spray / Blithsome they bound—yet find their simple food / Scattered abundantly?"
"She made herself as blithesome as a lark, and at last she offered him two hundred dollars if he would sell her the whistle, and tell her how she should manage to get it safe home with her."
"[']Take the Adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes!' 'Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of the old life and into the new!"

Etymology

From blithe + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: blithe

Inflected Forms

more blithesome (comparative) most blithesome (superlative)

Derived Forms

blithesomely blithesomeness

Synonyms

blithe lighthearted lightsome light-hearted

Rhymes With

lithesome

Questions

How do you pronounce blithesome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblaɪθsəm/.
What does blithesome mean?: Happy or spriteful; carefree.
Where does blithesome come from?: From blithe + -some.

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