Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gleesome

/ˈɡliːsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glee-some
IPA: /ˈɡliːsəm/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by glee; gleeful; joyous.

Example Sentences

"So long as the men kept sober, Jervis rather liked this, and was never better pleased than when, on the last evening of the week, he heard the voices of the men raised in song, or the squeaking of the merry fiddle and gleesome flute."
""And wasn't it just jolly!" gloated a juvenile gleesome voice in a loud whisper."
"For the bird will sing gleesome dirges in your heart!""
"They were “gleesome as kittens, especially when off to a fight or a fire.”"
"“So it was a right gleesome frolic he had that night?”"

Etymology

From glee + -some. Compare Yola gleezom (“joy”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: glee

Inflected Forms

more gleesome (comparative) most gleesome (superlative)

Derived Forms

gleesomely gleesomeness

Rhymes With

threesome fleasome freesome

Questions

How do you pronounce gleesome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡliːsəm/.
What does gleesome mean?: Characterised or marked by glee; gleeful; joyous.
Where does gleesome come from?: From glee + -some. Compare Yola gleezom (“joy”).

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