Word of the
Day for Monday 14th July 2014
Blithesome \ BLAHYTH-suhm \,
adjective;
1. Lighthearted; merry; cheerful: a blithesome nature .
Quotes:
Fleming, if we are restored to our throne, shall we not have one blithesome
day at a blithesome bridal, of which we must now name neither the bride
nor the bridegroom?
-- Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery , 1820
Why had she never noticed before how blithesome the world was, how
jocund with love; the birds sang it, the trees whispered it to her as she
passed, the very flowers beneath her feet strewed the way as for a bridal
march.
-- Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded Age , 1873
Origin:
Blithesome entered English in the early 1700’s from the Gothic term bleiths
meaning "kind, merciful."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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