joysomeadj.
rare.
Fraught with joy, joyous, gladsome.
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
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 74 Neere to the end of this all-ioysome Grove.
1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 103 Thee by heaven's joysome light And breezes..I entreat.
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