Lucksome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by luck; fortunate; characterised as lucky

    ""You are a bucketful of green," observed Frank when I flopped over onto my back and looked up at him standing tall and dripping against the Texas sky. "You're mighty lucksome the river's so low.""

  2. 2
    Blessed.

    "His conscience was clear; his heart was cheered; so, deep inhaling the luxom air, and breathing his pious ejaculations to heaven, he sprung forward to his journey, […]"

Example

More examples

""You are a bucketful of green," observed Frank when I flopped over onto my back and looked up at him standing tall and dripping against the Texas sky. "You're mighty lucksome the river's so low.""

Etymology

From Middle English luxom, *luksom, equivalent to luck + -some.

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