Meaning of brightsome | Babel Free

Definitions

Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.

archaic

Examples

“But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim, And nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds, Than my fair Abigail should frown on me.”

“[A]ll the shifts of cloud and sun, all the difference between black death and brightsome liveliness, scarcely may suggest or equal Lorna's transformation.”

“This is a brightsome blaze you've lit good friend, to-night!”

“The few chairs and the low table had been stripped of paint to reveal the brightsome grain of pine wood.”

“Her hair it was of a brightsome color, [...]”

““[...] this point, characteristically, the speaker writes himself into the relation: his dull skin requires the “brightsome Colours” of Joseph's coat but more especially of Christ's blood and glory.””

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