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gleesome, a.|ˈgliːsəm|
[f. glee n. + -some.]
= gleeful.
1603Chettle Eng. Mourn. Garm. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 505 It adds another cause of gleesome mirth. 1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iv, Gleesome hunters, pleased with their sport. 1630Tinker of Turvey 41 This smith was..As merry as bird on brier, Jocund and gleesome. a1774Fergusson Ode to Gowdspink, The gowdspink chatters joyous here, And courts wi' gleesome sangs his peer. 1816Scott Antiq. xxvii, Lawyers were talking, with gleesome anticipation, of the probability of a ‘great Glenallan cause’. 1842Dickens Amer. Notes (1850) 21/1 Those who were at play, were gleesome and noisy as other children. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 434 These wandering churls are full Of meat and drink, and need no rope to pull Wild words and gleesome from them.
Hence ˈgleesomely adv., ˈgleesomeness.
1847Fraser's Mag. XXXVI. 16 Youth, with all its gleesomeness and innocent wildness. 1850J. B. Johnstone Mem. R. Shirra iv. 36 Mr. Shirra..gleesomely talked of the circumstance. 1889J. Masterman Scotts of Bestminster III. xiv. 2 The gleesomeness of youth had passed from him. |