gleesomeadj.
/ˈɡliːsəm/ = gleeful adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]
blitheOE
merryOE
golikc1175
lustya1225
playfulc1225
jollyc1305
merrya1350
jocund?c1380
galliardc1386
in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395
mirthfula1400
baudec1400
gayc1400
jovy1426
jocantc1440
crank1499
envoisiesa1500
as merry as a cricket1509
pleasant1530
frolic?1548
jolious1575
gleeful1586
buxom1590
gleesome1590
festival1592
laughter-loving1592
disposed1593
jucund1596
heartsomec1600
jovial1607
jovialist1610
laughsome1612
jocundary1618
gaysome1633
chirpinga1637
jovialissime1652
airy1654
festivous1654
hilarous1659
spleneticala1661
cocket1671
cranny1673
high1695
vogie1715
raffing?1719
festal1724
as merry (or lively) as a grig1728
hearty1755
tittuping1772
festive1774
fun-loving1776
mirthsome1787
Falstaffian1809
cranky1811
laughful1825
as lively as a cricket1832
hurrah1835
hilarious1838
Bacchic1865
laughterful1874
griggish1879
banzai1929
slap-you-on-the-back1932
1590 Cobler of Caunterburie 16 This Smith..was..As merry as byrd on brier, Jocund and gleesome.
1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. F4 It yeeldes another cause of gleesome mirth.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iv. 108 Gleesome Hunters pleased with their sport.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 142 The Gowdspink chatters joyous here, And courts wi' gleesome sangs his peer.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xii. 306 Lawyers were talking with gleesome anticipation of the probability of a ‘great Glenallan cause’.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 71 Those who were at play, were gleesome and noisy as other children.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 434 These wandering churls are full Of meat and drink, and need no rope to pull Wild words and gleesome from them.
Derivatives
ˈgleesomely adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adverb]
merryOE
feastlya1325
gailya1375
gay?a1400
festivally?c1400
merrilyc1400
jocundly1471
mirthfully1508
jolly1615
chirpingly1650
jollily1670
jovially1704
festively1793
gleeishly1828
gleesomely1850
gleefully1862
hilariously1863
1850 J. B. Johnstone Mem. R. Shirra iv. 36 Mr. Shirra..gleesomely talked of the circumstance.
ˈgleesomeness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun]
blithenessc1000
blithec1400
cheerfulness1435
chertec1449
jocundness1482
hilarity1568
cheerliness1571
good humour1571
exhilaration1626
cheerishness1645
geniality1652
jocundry1655
cheeriness1658
brightness1660
shine1710
flow of spirits1716
sunshine1717
genialness1727
festiveness1777
sunniness1829
riancy1834
gleesomeness1847
Euphrasia1882
hilariousness1885
blithesomeness1886
gayness1896
1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 16 Youth, with all its gleesomeness and innocent wildness.
1889 J. Masterman Scotts of Bestminster III. xiv. 2 The gleesomeness of youth had passed from him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1590