brightsome

English

Etymology

bright +‎ -some

Adjective

brightsome (comparative more brightsome, superlative most brightsome)

(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
- c. 1589–1590, Christopher Marlo[we], Tho[mas] Heywood, editor, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Ievv of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, OCLC 1121318438, Act II:
  But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim,
  And nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds,
  Than my fair Abigail should frown on me.
- 1869, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 45, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor:
  [A]ll the shifts of cloud and sun, all the difference between black death and brightsome liveliness, scarcely may suggest or equal Lorna's transformation.
- 1922, Thomas Hardy, "The Wood Fire" in Late Lyrics and Earlier:
  This is a brightsome blaze you've lit good friend, to-night!
- 2008, Paul S. Sunga, Red Dust, Red Sky‎, →ISBN, page 117:
  The few chairs and the low table had been stripped of paint to reveal the brightsome grain of pine wood.
- 2010, William Bay, Fun with Strums Mandolin:
  Her hair it was of a brightsome color, [...]
- 2014, Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, Protestant Poetics and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric:
  “[...] this point, characteristically, the speaker writes himself into the relation: his dull skin requires the “brightsome Colours” of Joseph's coat but more especially of Christ's blood and glory.”

Usage notes

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that this is a less definite term than bright, "leaving more to the imagination".[1]

Synonyms

brilliant, luminous

Derived terms

brightsomeness

References

brightsome at OneLook Dictionary Search

Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

[1] Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

单词	brightsome
释义	brightsome English Etymology bright +‎ -some Adjective brightsome (comparative more brightsome, superlative most brightsome) (archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining. c. 1589–1590, Christopher Marlo[we], Tho[mas] Heywood, editor, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Ievv of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, OCLC 1121318438, Act II: But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim, And nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds, Than my fair Abigail should frown on me. 1869, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 45, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor: [A]ll the shifts of cloud and sun, all the difference between black death and brightsome liveliness, scarcely may suggest or equal Lorna's transformation. 1922, Thomas Hardy, "The Wood Fire" in Late Lyrics and Earlier: This is a brightsome blaze you've lit good friend, to-night! 2008, Paul S. Sunga, Red Dust, Red Sky‎, →ISBN, page 117: The few chairs and the low table had been stripped of paint to reveal the brightsome grain of pine wood. 2010, William Bay, Fun with Strums Mandolin: Her hair it was of a brightsome color, [...] 2014, Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, Protestant Poetics and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric: “[...] this point, characteristically, the speaker writes himself into the relation: his dull skin requires the “brightsome Colours” of Joseph's coat but more especially of Christ's blood and glory.” Usage notes The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that this is a less definite term than bright, "leaving more to the imagination".[1] Synonyms brilliant, luminous Derived terms brightsomeness References brightsome at OneLook Dictionary Search Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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