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contentsome en · ADJ

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Etymology

From content + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised by contentedness, contentfulness, or contentment
   • I hope you've had a contentsome winter isnt^([sic]) it joyous to feel spring is on the way—leastways that the winter has probably done its worst for this year it busted my pipes. 1990, Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, Doreen Walker, Dear Nan: Letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, and Humphrey Toms:
   • Martha, Nan's sister-in-law, comforts the baby; she says her own child '“was wonderful contentsome.”' 2015, Carl Wells, By Noble Things She Stands:
   • If thou continuest in thy body, 'tis easie for thee, and sweet and contentsome to heap up treasures for eternity: and if thou partest from it, thy hopes are great and fair that the journey thou art going is to a world of unknown felicity. 1866, original 1665, John Morris, Kenelm Digby, Words of Comfort for the wayfarer, the weary, the sick, and the aged:

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