"lovesome" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hatesome"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lovesomehead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lovesomeness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lovesomely"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lufsom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lufsum",
        "t": "loving, lovable, pleasant"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lufsum (“loving, lovable, pleasant”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "love",
        "3": "some"
      },
      "expansion": "love + -some",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lufsom, lufsum, from Old English lufsum (“loving, lovable, pleasant”), equivalent to love + -some.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lovesome",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lovesome",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "lovesome (comparative more lovesome, superlative most lovesome)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "Worthy",
          "worthy"
        ],
        [
          "lovable",
          "lovable"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Irish English",
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        },
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 44 12 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Love",
          "orig": "en:Love",
          "parents": [
            "Emotions",
            "Virtue",
            "Mind",
            "Ethics",
            "Human",
            "Philosophy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Affectionate; friendly."
      ],
      "id": "en-lovesome-en-adj-TLbXbOfl",
      "links": [
        [
          "Affectionate",
          "affectionate"
        ],
        [
          "friendly",
          "friendly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare, chiefly Ireland) Affectionate; friendly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1700, John Dryden, “The Beginning of the First Book of Lucretius,”, in Lucretius His Six Books of Epicurean Philosophy:and Manlius His Five Books. Containing a System of the ncient Astronomy and Astrology:",
          "text": "Through all the living Regions dost thou move,\nAnd scatter'st, where thou goest, the kindly Seeds of Love:\nSince then the race of every living thing,\nObeys thy pow'r; since nothing new can spring\nWithout thy Warmth, without thy Influence bear,\nOr beautiful or lovesome can appear,\nBe thou my Aid: my tuneful Song inspire,\nAnd kindle with thy own productive Fire;",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1893, Thomas Edward Brown, My Garden:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lovable on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful."
      ],
      "id": "en-lovesome-en-adj-CnDl3zHC",
      "links": [
        [
          "lovely",
          "lovely"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1790 March 18, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:",
          "text": "[T]he Lady seems Lovesome, & I fancy lends him Money from Time to Time.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amorous; showing or feeling love."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Amorous",
          "amorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Amorous; showing or feeling love."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "affectionate"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "loosome"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
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      "word": "lossom"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lovesome"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hatesome"
    }
  ],
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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms suffixed with -some",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Love"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lovesomehead"
    },
    {
      "word": "lovesomeness"
    },
    {
      "word": "lovesomely"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lufsom"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lufsom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lufsum",
        "t": "loving, lovable, pleasant"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "love",
        "3": "some"
      },
      "expansion": "love + -some",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lufsom, lufsum, from Old English lufsum (“loving, lovable, pleasant”), equivalent to love + -some.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lovesome",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lovesome",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lovesome (comparative more lovesome, superlative most lovesome)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Worthy",
          "worthy"
        ],
        [
          "lovable",
          "lovable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Affectionate; friendly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Affectionate",
          "affectionate"
        ],
        [
          "friendly",
          "friendly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare, chiefly Ireland) Affectionate; friendly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1700, John Dryden, “The Beginning of the First Book of Lucretius,”, in Lucretius His Six Books of Epicurean Philosophy:and Manlius His Five Books. Containing a System of the ncient Astronomy and Astrology:",
          "text": "Through all the living Regions dost thou move,\nAnd scatter'st, where thou goest, the kindly Seeds of Love:\nSince then the race of every living thing,\nObeys thy pow'r; since nothing new can spring\nWithout thy Warmth, without thy Influence bear,\nOr beautiful or lovesome can appear,\nBe thou my Aid: my tuneful Song inspire,\nAnd kindle with thy own productive Fire;",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1893, Thomas Edward Brown, My Garden:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lovable on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lovely",
          "lovely"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1790 March 18, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:",
          "text": "[T]he Lady seems Lovesome, & I fancy lends him Money from Time to Time.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amorous; showing or feeling love."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Amorous",
          "amorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Amorous; showing or feeling love."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "affectionate"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "loosome"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "lossom"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lovesome"
}