Playsome

//ˈpleɪsəm// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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