Dictionary entry

Gladsome

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glad″some (?), a. 1. Pleased; joyful; cheerful.

2. Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing.

Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day. Prior.

— Glad″some‐ly, adv. — Glad″some‐ness, n.

Hours of perfect gladsomeness. Wordsworth.