gladsome
pronunciation
How to pronounce gladsome in British English:
UK ['glædsəm]
How to pronounce gladsome in American English:
US ['glædsəm]
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- Adjective:
- experiencing or expressing gladness or joy
Word Origin
- gladsome (adj.)
- late 14c., gladsum "glad, joyful, cheerful;" see glad (adj.) + -some (1).
Example
- 1. Nature must be gladsome when I was so happy .
- 2. Whosoever enters through the portals of this home must go out with gladsome heart .
- 3. In gladsome words I would rejoice that I to thee belong .
- 4. The gladsome current of our youth , ere passion yet disorders , steals lingering like a river smooth , along its grassy borders .