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Definition of Gaysome
1. a. Full of gayety.
Definition of Gaysome
1. Adjective. (archaic) Full of gaiety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaysome
1. gladsome [adj] - See also: gladsome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaysome
| gaylussite gayly gaymers gaymos gayne gayned gaynes gaynesses gayning gays | gaysian gaysians gaysome (current term) gaytre gaytres gaywads gaywings gazabo gazaboes gazabos | gazal gazals gazania gazanias gazar gazars |
Literary usage of Gaysome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"A prison is as gaysome : we '11 no islands ; »o Marry, out upon 'em ! Whom shall
we see Grau. Island ; prison ! there ? Sea-gulls, and porpoises, ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1.1. measure. 2. adjust. gauge, n. 1. See MEASURE, EXTENT. г. Spec, templet,
fence, manometer. gay, a. 1. lively | vivacious, airy, gaysome (rare), merry, ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"GAYLY, (ga'-le) od. Merrily; cheerfully; airily ; splendidly ; pompously.
GAYNESS, (ga'-nes) n. ». Gayety , finery. gaysome, (ga'-s'iim) a. ..."
4. American Masters of Sculpture: Being Brief Appreciations of Some American by Charles Henry Caffin (1903)
"And elsewhere I have treated of some of our sculptors whose decorative works have
exhibited imagination; the sweet and gaysome kind of it that plays like ..."
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