heartsome

[hahrt-suhm]

heart·some

[hahrt-suhm]
adjective Chiefly Scot.
1.
giving cheer, spirit, or courage: a heartsome wine.
2.
cheerful; spirited.

Origin:
1560–70; heart + -some1

heart·some·ly, adverb
heart·some·ness, noun
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Heartsome is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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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heartsome (ˈhɑːtsəm)
 
adj
1.  cheering or encouraging: heartsome news
2.  gay; cheerful
 
'heartsomely
 
adv
 
'heartsomeness
 
n

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