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Definition of Gladsomeness
1. Noun. Experiencing joy and pleasure.
Generic synonyms: Happiness
Derivative terms: Glad, Glad, Glad, Gladsome
Definition of Gladsomeness
1. Noun. (archaic) gladness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gladsomeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gladsomeness
Literary usage of Gladsomeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of a Few Months' Residence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South of by Dorothy Wordsworth Quillinan, Edmund Lee (1895)
"Will walk through life in such a way That, when time brings on decay, Now and
then I may possess Hours of perfect gladsomeness. —Pleased by any random toy; ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Gillman (1838)
"... lovingly and with gladsomeness I abased " myself in their presence: for they
are my " brothers, I said, and the mastery is theirs by " right of older ..."
3. Autology: An Inductive System of Mental Science; Whose Centre is the Will by David Henry Hamilton (1873)
"It here manifests itself as gladsomeness, ... The gladsomeness which trust and
hope inspire, the benevolence which a cheerful complacency awakens, ..."
4. The Philosophical System of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati by Antonio Rosmini (1882)
"... might be applied the inimitable lines of Dante— " Light intellectual, filled
full of love, Love of true good, filled full of gladsomeness, ..."
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