beamish
adj/ˈbiːmɪʃ/
Etymology From beam + -ish.
1
Nonce word Radiantly beaming; happy; cheerful.
- And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!1872, Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky:
- But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, If your Snark be a Boojum!1874–1876 (date written), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Fit the Fit the Third. The Baker’s Tale.”, in The Hunting of the Snark […], London: Macmillan and Co., published March 1876, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- beamishly