Liefsome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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