Gladsome
/ˈɡlædsəm/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Marked by joy or gladness; happy, joyous, or light-hearted.
"I was not surprised, when I ran down into the hall, to see that a brilliant June morning had succeeded to the tempest of the night; and to feel, through the open glass door, the breathing of a fresh and fragrant breeze. Nature must be gladsome when I was so happy."
Adjective
- 1 experiencing or expressing gladness or joy wordnet
Example
More examples"But good AEneas, pondering through the night / distracting thoughts and many an anxious care, / resolved, when daybreak brought the gladsome light, / to search the coast, and back sure tidings bear, / what land was this, what habitants were there, / if man or beast, for, far as the eye could rove, / a wilderness the region seemed, and bare."
Etymology
From Middle English gladsom, equivalent to glad + -some.