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Definition of Gamesomeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamesomeness
Literary usage of Gamesomeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Self-formation: Or, The History of an Individual Mind; Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1837)
"The mind must have its Sabbath, and if it make that Sabbath, or some part of it,
a holiday, a day of gamesomeness, it will be none the worse for it. ..."
2. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1910)
"... while it doubly restrains ; Which, however high-mettled, their gamesomeness
checks (Adds his Lordship humanely), or else breaks their necks ! ..."
3. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"The clear, bright springtime dances through my blood, And all my boyhood's
gamesomeness comes back. See yonder silly druggist, how he stands The picture of ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1880)
"Yet some penalty which the boy fears has to be inflicted, or juvenile gamesomeness
and mischief, seldom too pleasant in their man!. festations, ..."
5. Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Theoreon by Arthur Helps (1849)
"The monkey imitates from imitative skill and gamesomeness: the sheep is gregarious,
having no sufficient will to form an independent project of its own. ..."
6. Self-formation: Or, The History of an Individual Mind; Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1837)
"The mind must have its Sabbath, and if it make that Sabbath, or some part of it,
a holiday, a day of gamesomeness, it will be none the worse for it. ..."
7. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1910)
"... while it doubly restrains ; Which, however high-mettled, their gamesomeness
checks (Adds his Lordship humanely), or else breaks their necks ! ..."
8. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"The clear, bright springtime dances through my blood, And all my boyhood's
gamesomeness comes back. See yonder silly druggist, how he stands The picture of ..."
9. The Gentleman's Magazine (1880)
"Yet some penalty which the boy fears has to be inflicted, or juvenile gamesomeness
and mischief, seldom too pleasant in their man!. festations, ..."
10. Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Theoreon by Arthur Helps (1849)
"The monkey imitates from imitative skill and gamesomeness: the sheep is gregarious,
having no sufficient will to form an independent project of its own. ..."
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