Gamesomeness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being gamesome. uncountable

    "So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water; [...]"

Example

More examples

"So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water; [...]"

Etymology

From gamesome + -ness.

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