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songsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From song + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by song(s) or singing
   • "Aye," said John Hampden quickly, "but he is secret and apart. Does not Robert Hedge cut as fair a stone? Is he not friendly to all? Does he not play the tambor and sing as gay and songsome as a lark?" 1952, Lorna Doone Beers, The Book of Hugh Flower:
   • And when you've got this silver piece, Just order up a stein— Got to with songsome black-bird pies— The frosty stein for mine! 1907, Puck, volume 62:
   • Ah I my heart, / Lift up your voice; take songsome part, / And swell the chorus grand. 1889, Travelers' Record - Volumes 25-26

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