Definitions for lightsome
ˈlaɪt səmlight·some

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. light, lightsome, trippingadjective

   moving easily and quickly; nimble

   "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"

2. blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-heartedadjective

   carefree and happy and lighthearted

   "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lightsomeadjective

   Etymology: from light.

   1. Luminous; not dark; not obscure; not opake.

   Neither the sun, nor any thing sensible is that light itself, which is the cause that things are lightsome, though it make itself, and all things else, visible; but a body most enlightened, by whom the neighbouring region, which the Greeks call æther, the place of the supposed element of fire, is effected and qualified. Walter Raleigh.

   White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Francis Bacon.

   Equal posture, and quick spirits, are required to make colours lightsome. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   The Sun
   His course exalted through the Ram had run
   Through Taurus, and the lightsome realms of love. Dryd.

   2. Gay; airy; having the power to exhilarate.

   It suiteth so fitly with that lightsome affection of joy, wherein God delighteth when his saints praise him. Richard Hooker.

   The lightsome passion of joy was not that which now often usurps the name; that trivial, vanishing, superficial thing, that only gilds the apprehension, and plays upon the surface of the soul. Robert South, Sermons.

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1. lightsome

   Lightsome generally means light-hearted and cheerful. It can also describe someone or something as being lightly nimble or graceful.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lightsomeadjective

   having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright

2. Lightsomeadjective

   gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating

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How to pronounce lightsome?

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How to say lightsome in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lightsome in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lightsome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lightsome
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lightsome
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lightsome
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=lightsome