"liefsome" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Old High German liobsam (“liefsome”)",
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      "expansion": "German liebsam",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lefsum, leofsum, probably from Old English *lēofsum, equivalent to lief + -some. Compare Old High German liobsam (“liefsome”), German liebsam.",
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      "form": "more liefsome",
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      "form": "most liefsome",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The manner in which he treated my dog did not seem very liefsome to me."
        },
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          "ref": "1854, Henry Howard Surrey (Earl of), Thomas Sackville Dorset (Earl of), Robert Bell, Poetical works of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey",
          "text": "So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight, And with a kiss, methinks I say, 'Welcome, my lord, my knight; …'"
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        "Agreeable; pleasing; delightful."
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          "pleasing",
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          "delightful",
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        "(dialectal, poetic or archaic) Agreeable; pleasing; delightful."
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        {
          "word": "lief"
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        {
          "word": "leefsome"
        },
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  "word": "liefsome"
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    },
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lefsum, leofsum, probably from Old English *lēofsum, equivalent to lief + -some. Compare Old High German liobsam (“liefsome”), German liebsam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more liefsome",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most liefsome",
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        "superlative"
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        },
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        }
      ],
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        "Agreeable; pleasing; delightful."
      ],
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      ],
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      "word": "leefsome"
    },
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      "word": "leesome"
    }
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  "word": "liefsome"
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