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gamesome

[ geym-suh m ]

/ ˈgeɪm səm /

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adjective

playful; frolicsome.

Origin of gamesome

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at game¹, -some¹

OTHER WORDS FROM gamesome

game·some·ly, adverb game·some·ness, noun

Words nearby gamesome

gamer, gamer girl, games console, gamesman, gamesmanship, gamesome, gamester, gamet-, gametangium, gamete, gamete intrafallopian transfer

Example sentences from the Web for gamesome

Come, thou lookest a gamesome fellow--cross he goes, pile he stays; best two in three flips--what sayst?

Master Skylark |John Bennett
Why then, Tim, the only safe way for these gamesome macquerellas is to antedate their conception before their separation.

A Select Collection of Old English Plays |Robert Dodsley
Pinkethman's inclination for "gamesome liberties" and "uncommon pleasantries" was of a most extravagant kind.

A Book of the Play |Dutton Cook
The brandy by this time had mounted to his head and put him in the mood for frolic, liquor oftenest making him gamesome.

A Lady of Quality |Frances Hodgson Burnett

His name in the plural, Fauni, expressed a class of gamesome deities, like the Satyrs of the Greeks.

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) |Charles Mills Gayley

British Dictionary definitions for gamesome

gamesome

/ (ˈɡeɪmsəm) /

adjective

full of merriment; sportive

Derived forms of gamesome

gamesomely, adverb gamesomeness, noun