WORD OF THE DAY: GAYSOME

GAYSOME
 
ADJ.
1. full of gaiety; blithe, light-hearted, buoyant, cheerful ...1598 rare
2. inspiring with gaiety; cheery; pleasant ...1633 rare
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ETYMOLOGY
from gay (adj. bright or lively-looking) + -some

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1598 - see EXAMPLE below

EXAMPLE
"...To these quick Nuptials entred suddenly
Admired Teras with the Ebon Thye,
A Nymph that haunted the greene Sestyan groves,
And would consort soft virgins in their loves,
At gaysome Triumphs, and on solemne dayes,
Singing prophetike Elegies and Layes:
And fingring of a silver Lute she tide,
With black and purple skarfs by her left side..."
From: Hero and Leander
- Begun by Christopher Marlowe and finished by George Chapman