gladsome
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Glad′some adjective
1. Pleased; joyful; cheerful.
2. Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing.
Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day.— Matthew Prior
— Glad′wb-a1′>′some·ly, adverb — Glad′wb-a1′>′some·ness, noun
Hours of perfect gladsomeness.— William Wordsworth
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54