blissome

blissome

English

Etymology

From bliss +‎ -some.

Adjective

blissome (comparative more blissome, superlative most blissome)

1. Characterised or marked by bliss; joyous
   • 1912, The Commoner from Lincoln, Nebraska · Page 13:

     The Bull Moose is a wheesome bird / That flits from crag to crag, / And bleetsomely its voice, is heard / In many a blissome brag [...]

   • 2007, S. P. Elledge, Semblances:

     O! Blissome heart! / Two souls, one love / Are naught apart.

   • 2015, Ben Y. Faroe, The Dream World Collective:

     He hesitated, then soldiered on. “Your teeth are as white as—” “Louder!” “Your teeth are as white as a snow-covered mare. Your fingers are lissome, your kisses are blissome—'Blissome' isn't even a word!” “Irrelevant.”

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