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Etymology
From Middle English lufsom, lufsum, from Old English lufsum (“loving, lovable, pleasant”), equivalent to love + -some.
Adjective
lovesome (comparative more lovesome, superlative most lovesome)
- Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
- (now rare, chiefly Ireland) Affectionate; friendly.
- Lovable on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful.
A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!
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: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;
- (now rare) Amorous; showing or feeling love.
1790 March 18, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:[T]he Lady seems Lovesome, & I fancy lends him Money from Time to Time.
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Middle English
Adjective
lovesome
- Alternative form of lovesom