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gladsomeness|ˈglædsəmnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state or condition of being gladsome; gladness, joy.
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) v. xiii. 104 Ryal robes of ioye and of gladsomnesse. 1549Chaloner tr. Erasm. on Folly I iij a, The same not seeldome disavaileth to the gladsomenesse and pleasure of the lyfe. a1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 132, I..declared unto her your Majestie's gladsomnesse of her recoverie of her late sickenesse. 1816J. Wilson City of Plague iii. i. 246 Childhood lost Its bounding gladsomeness. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ix. 294 The bells from every church steeple swung forth their peals of gladsomeness. |