lovesome
adj/ˈlʌvsəm/
Etymology From Middle English lufsom, lufsum, from Old English lufsum (“loving, lovable, pleasant”), equivalent to love + -some.
1
Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
3
Lovable on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful.
- A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!
- Through all the living Regions dost thou move, And scatter'st, where thou goest, the kindly Seeds of Love: Since then the race of every living thing, Obeys thy pow'r; since nothing new can spring Without thy Warmth, without thy Influence bear, Or beautiful or lovesome can appear, Be thou my Aid: my tuneful Song inspire, And kindle with thy own productive Fire;1700, John Dryden, “The Beginning of the First Book of Lucretius,”, in Lucretius His Six Books of Epicurean Philosophy:and Manlius His Five Books. Containing a System of the ncient Astronomy and Astrology:
4
Archaic Amorous; showing or feeling love.
- [T]he Lady seems Lovesome, & I fancy lends him Money from Time to Time.1790 March 18, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
- Synonyms
- affectionate
- Antonyms
- hatesome
- Derived terms
- lovesomehead, lovesomeness, lovesomely