lovesomeness
(ˈlʌvsəmnɪs)
[f. lovesome a. + -ness.]
The quality of being lovesome.
| a 1000 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 218/34 Delectatio, lust⁓bærnes, vel lufsumnes. 1550 Bale Image Both Ch. viii. H vij b, They mixed y⊇ truth in falshede, they poysoned the waters, they toke awaye the louesomnesse of them. a 1568 Bannatyne Poems (Hunter. Club) 657 Weill lasit with luif⁓sumnes. 1869 Miss Mulock Woman's Kingd. II. 19 [She] was not beautiful..but there was a lovesomeness about her. |