English

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Etymology

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From song +‎ -some.

Adjective

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songsome (comparative more songsome, superlative most songsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by song(s) or singing
    • 1889, Travelers' Record - Volumes 25-26:
      Ah I my heart, / Lift up your voice; take songsome part, / And swell the chorus grand.
    • 1907, Puck, volume 62:
      And when you've got this silver piece, Just order up a stein— Got to with songsome black-bird pies— The frosty stein for mine!
    • 1952, Lorna Doone Beers, The Book of Hugh Flower:
      "Aye," said John Hampden quickly, "but he is secret and apart. Does not Robert Hedge cut as fair a stone? Is he not friendly to all? Does he not play the tambor and sing as gay and songsome as a lark?"