beamish

[bee-mish]

beam·ish

[bee-mish]
adjective
bright, cheerful, and optimistic.

Origin:
1520–30; beam (noun) + -ish1
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Beamish is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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beamish

adjective
smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus" 
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