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# blithesome

adjective (blithesome; more blithesome, most blithesome — old-fashioned)

«blithesome» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old-fashioned, literary) Cheerful, merry and light-hearted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/#m1)
2. (literary) Carefree, not worried about anything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/#m2)

### In the lessons

A rare old word met in poems and old children's books, not in modern talk. It paints a happy, bouncy character or mood. It comes from «blithe» (= cheerful) + «-some» (= full of), as in «handsome» or «lonesome».

### Examples

- The blithesome lark sang over the fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/#x1)
- Toad set off in a blithesome mood, sure everything would go well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/#x2)
- The poem tells of a blithesome girl dancing on the green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/#x3)
- It was a blithesome spring morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/#x4)
- In old books a blithesome heart means a happy one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/#x5)
- Grandma laughed at the old word and said, «Just say cheerful!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/#x6)

### Note

Old-fashioned: in your own writing «cheerful», «merry» or «blithe» is more natural. Modern «blithe» can also mean «careless about something serious» («blithe disregard»), which is less positive than «blithesome».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blithesome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blithesome/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blithesome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blithesome.html) on Mova free.