delightsome

[ dih-lahyt-suh m ]

/ dɪˈlaɪt səm /

highly pleasing; delightful.

Origin of delightsome

First recorded in 1490–1500; delight + -some¹

de·light·some·ly, adverb de·light·some·ness, noun

Never was tea so refreshing, or bread and butter so sweet, or the song of birds so delightsome.

The Wide, Wide World |Susan Warner
His manor was so fair and so delightsome that all the world did not contain its peer.

Archaic England |Harold Bayley
It is delightsome to the ear, and it is one of our most acceptable methods of worshiping God.

Gospel Doctrine |Joseph F. Smith
A thousand miles over the prairie in July is one of the most cheery and delightsome journeys that can be made.

The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company |George Bryce

Burton and his wife never forgot these delightsome causeries.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton |Thomas Wright