lovesome
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- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ˈlʌvsəm/
Definition of lovesome
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
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adj
- Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
- (Ireland, archaic)Affectionate; friendly.
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Lovable on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful.
“A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!”
“Through all the living Regions dost thou move, And scatter'st, where thou goest, the kindly Seeds of Love: Since then the race of every living thing, Obeys thy pow'r; since nothing new can spring Without thy Warmth, without thy Influence bear, Or beautiful or lovesome can appear, Be thou my Aid: my tuneful Song inspire, And kindle with thy own productive Fire;”
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(archaic)Amorous; showing or feeling love.
“[T]he Lady seems Lovesome, & I fancy lends him Money from Time to Time.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English lufsom, lufsum, from Old English lufsum (“loving, lovable, pleasant”), equivalent to love + -some.
Words you can make from lovesome
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- LEVS 7 pts
- LOVE 7 pts
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- VOES 7 pts
- VOLE 7 pts
- ELMS 6 pts
- EMES 6 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- LOOM 6 pts
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- MOLE 6 pts
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- MOOS 6 pts
- SEEM 6 pts
- SEME 6 pts
- SOME 6 pts
- EELS 4 pts
- ELSE 4 pts
- LEES 4 pts
- LOOS 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- OLEO 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- SEEL 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
- SOLO 4 pts
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