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lightsome

1

[ lahyt-suhm ]

adjective

  1. light, especially in form, appearance, or movement; airy; buoyant; agile; nimble; graceful.
  2. cheerful; lighthearted.
  3. frivolous; changeable.


lightsome

2

[ lahyt-suhm ]

adjective

  1. emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
  2. well-lighted; illuminated; bright.

lightsome

1

/ ˈɪٲə /

adjective

  1. lighthearted
  2. airy or buoyant
  3. not serious; frivolous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lightsome

2

/ ˈɪٲə /

adjective

  1. producing or reflecting light
  2. full of or flooded with light
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲdz, adverb
  • ˈٲdzԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • sdz· adverb
  • sdz·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lightsome1

1350–1400; Middle English lyghtesum (cognate with Middle High German īٲ ). See light 2, -some 1

Origin of lightsome2

First recorded in 1400–50, lightsome is from the late Middle English word lyghtesum. See light 1, -some 1
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During the second act, I worried — though worry is too strong a word — that maybe this production had become too funny, too lightsome.

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This, along with Joe's lightsome delivery and comportment, makes enough of an impression to cement his presence in scenes even when Emmett is only present in spirit and memory.

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As Allen put it, Douglass “touches chords . . . which vibrate music now sweet, now sad, now lightsome, now solemn, now startling, now grand, now majestic, now sublime.”

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Re-imagining Benny Goodman,” Mr. Etkin, a Israeli clarinetist with a lightsome disposition, pays a contemporary homage to the artist known in his day as the King of Swing.

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Of course, it helps that the play is 50 minutes, but the cast is so agreeable and the script is so lightsome that those minutes fly by.

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