Meaning of gamesome | Babel Free

Definitions

Full of sport; playful.

Equivalents

Examples

“A pretty young Kitty, / She had that could Purr; / 'Tvvas gameſome and handſome, / And had a rare Furr; […]”

“In their gamesome but still serious way, one whispers to the other—“Jack, he’s robbed a widow;” or, “Joe, do you mark⟳ him; he’s a bigamist;” ...”

“She stepped upon Sicilian grass, / Demeter's daughter, fresh and fair, / A child of light⟳, a radiant lass, / And gamesome as the morning air.”

“Yet it was some time before Teddy would admit⟳ him into anything like⟳ what one might call⟳ intimacy, and premature attempts at gamesome familiarity were checked by the gathering thunder of a lazy growl that unmistakably bade the youngster keep⟳ his place⟳.”

“Tom Stoppard secured his place⟳ on the theatrical map in 1967 with this wordy curiosity, a highly philosophical but stage-smart play⟳ crafted by a gamesome wordsmith enamored of the power of language.”

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