BEAMISH

beamish, smiling, twinkly

(adjective) smiling with happiness or optimism; “Come to my arms, my beamish boy!”- Lewis Carroll; “a room of smiling faces”; “a round red twinkly Santa Claus”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

beamish (comparative more beamish, superlative most beamish)

(nonce) Radiantly beaming; happy; cheerful.

Proper noun

Beamish

A surname.

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2253).

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.

coffee icon