heartsome, a. Chiefly Sc.
(ˈhɑːtsəm)
[f. heart n. + -some.]
† 1. Courageous, spirited, bold. Obs.
| 1567 Satir. Poems Reform. iii. 101 Now euerie Dowglas of ane hartsum mynde, Think on dame Margaret. |
2. That gives heart or cheer; that rejoices the heart; animating.
| 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 49 The citie [Aberdeen] enioyes..a schip read, or hartsum hauining place. 1634 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 110 Pray for well⁓cooked meat and an hartsome Saviour. 1726 E. Erskine Serm. Wks. 1871 I. 288 What a lightsome and heartsome dwelling place the believer has. 1879 Stevenson Trav. Cevennes (1895) 191 Overhead the heartsome stars were set in the face of the night. 1889 Harper's Mag. Dec. 121/2 The wild thyme..filled all the air with heartsome fragrance. |
3. Full of cheer or gladness; cheerful, merry, joyous, blithe.
| 1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc., Polwart on Green, With sangs and dancing keen We'll pass the heartsome day. 1799–1805 Wordsw. Prelude vii. 29 Ye heartsome Choristers, ye and I will be Associates. 1895 Crockett Sweetheart Trav. 129 He was a heartsome cleric, and gave us jovial greeting. |