GAMESOME

Etymology

Adjective

gamesome (comparative more gamesome, superlative most gamesome)

Full of sport; playful

Synonyms

• frisky

• frolicky

• frolicsome

• playful

• spritely

Anagrams

• megasome

Source: Wiktionary


Game"some, a.

Definition: Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry. Shak. Gladness of the gamesome crowd. Byron.

– Game"some*ly, adv.

– Game"some*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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