Playsome
//ˈpleɪsəm// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Playful; frolicsome. dated, literary
"I have heard his brother Edm and M'r Wayte his schoole fellow &c, say that when he was a Boy he was playsome enough: but withall he had even then a contemplative Melancholinesse."
Example
More examples"I have heard his brother Edm and M'r Wayte his schoole fellow &c, say that when he was a Boy he was playsome enough: but withall he had even then a contemplative Melancholinesse."
Etymology
From play + -some.
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