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blithesome

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪθsəm/ / /ˈblaɪðsəm/

adj

Etymology: From blithe + -some.

  1. Happy or spriteful; carefree.

    Fare not the birds well, as from spray to spray / Blithsome they bound—yet find their simple food / Scattered abundantly?

    She made herself as blithesome as a lark, and at last she offered him two hundred dollars if he would sell her the whistle, and tell her how she should manage to get it safe home with her.