Liefsome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Agreeable; pleasing; delightful. archaic, dialectal, poetic

    "The manner in which he treated my dog did not seem very liefsome to me."

Example

More examples

"The manner in which he treated my dog did not seem very liefsome to me."

Etymology

From Middle English lefsum, leofsum, probably from Old English *lēofsum, equivalent to lief + -some. Compare Old High German liobsam (“liefsome”), German liebsam.

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