Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaysome

/ˈɡeɪsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gay-some
IPA: /ˈɡeɪsəm/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by gaiety; cheerful; gladsome.

Example Sentences

"Her buds of gaysome youth"
"The very emperor his throne did grace to-day, Why, never was a crowd in such a gaysome mood."
"Minerva suspected he'd been flirting with her on the trip through the Falls, suspected she'd been flirting back a bit — but only the way she did when there was a barn-raising or a baptism, and everyone was feeling gaysome."
"“I never cared about the Union. Nor the South, neither, if you want to know the truth of it. I just wanted to get off the farm, and I had me a gaysome time of it. [...]”"

Etymology

From gay + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gay

Inflected Forms

more gaysome (comparative) most gaysome (superlative)

Derived Forms

gaysomeness

Rhymes With

omasum playsome

Questions

How do you pronounce gaysome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡeɪsəm/.
What does gaysome mean?: Characterised or marked by gaiety; cheerful; gladsome.
Where does gaysome come from?: From gay + -some.

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