gladsomeadj.

/ˈɡladsəm/

Forms: Also Middle English gladsum, Middle English, 1500s gladsom, 1500s Scottish glaidsum.

Etymology: < glad n.¹ + -some suffix¹.

1. Of things, events, places, etc.: Productive of gladness; cheering, pleasant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective]

hightlyOE

delitec1225

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delightablec1300

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gladdingc1394

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delectablec1415

delighting?a1425

delitousa1425

ravishingc1430

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delightsomec1484

wealthlya1500

delectary?c1500

sunny1565

sunshine1594

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heartsome1596

joysome1616

gladdening1729

scrum1877

heartthrob1907

dilly1909

delish1915

zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945

c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Prol. 12 Swich thyng is gladsom as it thynketh me And of swich thyng were goodly for to telle.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxvi. 232 All thynges and wethers fallen to me joyfull and lykyng and gladsum as I wold haue hem.

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 17 A greater confidens of that gladsome resurrection.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 510/2 The Kings Gouernour after the victory rode..with the gladsome tidings..to the King and Legate.

1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 39 Noah, when hee had beene tossed but a yeere vpon the waters, Mount Ararat was to him a gladsome place.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 453 On chairs and beds in order seated round, They share the gladsome board.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 298 He flattered himself that the scalps..would prove a gladsome sight to our people.

1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 90/1 The day on which a Roman triumphed was the most gladsome day of his existence.

1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) vi. 163 We have the gladsome and joyful sight of fruitful slopes.

a. Of looks and feelings: Expressive of, or characterized by, gladness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > expressive of joy (of looks or actions)

gladOE

joyousc1315

joyfula1400

gladsomea1420

merrya1425

gratulant1471

cock-a-hoop1826

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1365 Hir gladsome looke made me truste hir wele.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 256 He welcummyt thame vith gladsum [1489 Adv. glaidsum] fair.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias iv. 11 Clapping their hands for ioy thereof, which manner of gladsome reioysing, they vsed three or foure times.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 3 Whereas the saide Panegyrist falleth into a gladsome admiration.

1729 T. Cooke Tales 81 The Sailor so, with gladsome Eye, Th' unruffel'd Main..Views.

1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger I. iii. 113 Countenances more gladsome and animated than can be conceived.

b. transferred said of inanimate nature and its aspects.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective] > suggestive of joy or delight (of inanimate nature)

gladsome1513

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1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 78 The cornis croppis and the beris new brerd Wyth glaidsum garmond revesting the erd.

1633 G. Herbert Pilgrimage in Temple iv At length I got unto the gladsome hill.

1710 A. Philips Pastorals ii. 6 Their Notes soft-warbling to the gladsome Spring.

1816 J. Wilson City of Plague iii. i When the silent stars Stole out so gladsome through the dark-blue heavens.

1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 75 The gladsome sunshine.

3. Of persons, the mind, heart, etc.: Having a glad or joyous nature or mood; filled with gladness. Also of birds. †gladsome of: glad of (cf. glad adj. 3b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > of disposition, mind, or heart

gladc897

blithe971

lustya1225

joyousc1305

gladsomec1410

c1410 Sir Cleges 30 Sche was full good sekyrly, And gladsum both day and nyghte.

1482 Monk of Evesham 89 The monke schewyd hym selfe to the abbot..ful gracyous of syghte and gladsum of chere.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 314/1 Gladsome, cherefull, alaigre.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 339 Queene Elizabeth..our most gratious & gladsom Gouernour.

1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham ii. f. 8 He vsed to be gladsome and merily conceited.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 61 So gladsome was the Knight of this gift, that [etc.].

1645 J. Milton Psalm cxxxvi in Poems 13 Let us with a gladsom mind Praise the Lord.

1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 13 From the sky the gladsome lark warbles his heaven-tuned song.

1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) II. xii. 184 Peter smiled like a gladsome man.

1842 W. Wordsworth Guilt & Sorrow xxviii, in Poems Early & Late Years 19 We two had sung, like gladsome birds in May.

1867 G. MacDonald Poems 143 Carried it about the land, Gladsome as a boy.

4. quasi-adv. Gladly.

ΚΠ

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. ii. sig. Siij I have done it gladsome .i. with a good wyll.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	gladsome
释义	gladsomeadj. /ˈɡladsəm/ Forms: Also Middle English gladsum, Middle English, 1500s gladsom, 1500s Scottish glaidsum. Etymology: < glad n.¹ + -some suffix¹. 1. Of things, events, places, etc.: Productive of gladness; cheering, pleasant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective] hightlyOE delitec1225 joyful1297 delightablec1300 delicatea1382 gladsomec1386 gladdingc1394 delightfula1400 deliciousc1400 delectablec1415 delighting?a1425 delitousa1425 ravishingc1430 joyous1475 delightsomec1484 wealthlya1500 delectary?c1500 sunny1565 sunshine1594 delighted1595 heartsome1596 joysome1616 gladdening1729 scrum1877 heartthrob1907 dilly1909 delish1915 zip-a-dee-doo-dah1945 c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Prol. 12 Swich thyng is gladsom as it thynketh me And of swich thyng were goodly for to telle. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxvi. 232 All thynges and wethers fallen to me joyfull and lykyng and gladsum as I wold haue hem. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 17 A greater confidens of that gladsome resurrection. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 510/2 The Kings Gouernour after the victory rode..with the gladsome tidings..to the King and Legate. 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 39 Noah, when hee had beene tossed but a yeere vpon the waters, Mount Ararat was to him a gladsome place. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 453 On chairs and beds in order seated round, They share the gladsome board. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 298 He flattered himself that the scalps..would prove a gladsome sight to our people. 1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 90/1 The day on which a Roman triumphed was the most gladsome day of his existence. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) vi. 163 We have the gladsome and joyful sight of fruitful slopes. 2. a. Of looks and feelings: Expressive of, or characterized by, gladness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > expressive of joy (of looks or actions) gladOE joyousc1315 joyfula1400 gladsomea1420 merrya1425 gratulant1471 cock-a-hoop1826 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1365 Hir gladsome looke made me truste hir wele. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 256 He welcummyt thame vith gladsum [1489 Adv. glaidsum] fair. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias iv. 11 Clapping their hands for ioy thereof, which manner of gladsome reioysing, they vsed three or foure times. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 3 Whereas the saide Panegyrist falleth into a gladsome admiration. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 81 The Sailor so, with gladsome Eye, Th' unruffel'd Main..Views. 1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger I. iii. 113 Countenances more gladsome and animated than can be conceived. b. transferred said of inanimate nature and its aspects. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective] > suggestive of joy or delight (of inanimate nature) gladsome1513 glad1667 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 78 The cornis croppis and the beris new brerd Wyth glaidsum garmond revesting the erd. 1633 G. Herbert Pilgrimage in Temple iv At length I got unto the gladsome hill. 1710 A. Philips Pastorals ii. 6 Their Notes soft-warbling to the gladsome Spring. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague iii. i When the silent stars Stole out so gladsome through the dark-blue heavens. 1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 75 The gladsome sunshine. 3. Of persons, the mind, heart, etc.: Having a glad or joyous nature or mood; filled with gladness. Also of birds. †gladsome of: glad of (cf. glad adj. 3b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > of disposition, mind, or heart gladc897 blithe971 lustya1225 joyousc1305 gladsomec1410 c1410 Sir Cleges 30 Sche was full good sekyrly, And gladsum both day and nyghte. 1482 Monk of Evesham 89 The monke schewyd hym selfe to the abbot..ful gracyous of syghte and gladsum of chere. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 314/1 Gladsome, cherefull, alaigre. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 339 Queene Elizabeth..our most gratious & gladsom Gouernour. 1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham ii. f. 8 He vsed to be gladsome and merily conceited. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 61 So gladsome was the Knight of this gift, that [etc.]. 1645 J. Milton Psalm cxxxvi in Poems 13 Let us with a gladsom mind Praise the Lord. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 13 From the sky the gladsome lark warbles his heaven-tuned song. 1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) II. xii. 184 Peter smiled like a gladsome man. 1842 W. Wordsworth Guilt & Sorrow xxviii, in Poems Early & Late Years 19 We two had sung, like gladsome birds in May. 1867 G. MacDonald Poems 143 Carried it about the land, Gladsome as a boy. 4. quasi-adv. Gladly. ΚΠ 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. ii. sig. Siij I have done it gladsome .i. with a good wyll. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1386
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