释义 |
likesome, a. Obs. exc. dial. Also dial. licksome. [f. like v. + -some.] Agreeable, pleasant.
c1563Sir T. Challoner tr. Boethius i. metr. i. in Q. Eliz.'s Englishings (E.E.T.S.) App. 150 Theis, of my happie lyksome yougthe y⊇ glorye long ago. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. (1807–8) III. 163 Of favour was she counted likesome. a1650Will Stewart & Iohn v. in Child Ballads II. 433/1 Or doe you mourne for a likesome ladye. 1801Sporting Mag. XIX. 87 He had looked rather gloomy before, but now he appeared quite licksome. 1876Whitby Gloss., Likesome, that which may be loved or desired. 1877E. Leigh Cheshire Gloss. 124 ‘Charly loves a licksome girl, as sweet as sugar candy.’ |