Adjective

(en adjective)

heartsick

Adjective

(en adjective)

(archaic, poetic) pleasant, delightful

* {{quote-book, year=1875, author=Various, title=Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 15,, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=There thrust the bold straightforward horn To battle for that lady lorn; With heartsome voice of mellow scorn, Like any knight in knighthood's morn. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1896, author=William Wordsworth, title=The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The delight, Due to this timely notice, unawares Smote me, and, listening, I in whispers said, "Ye heartsome Choristers, ye and I will be Associates, and, unscared by blustering winds, 30 Will chant together." }}

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=Robert Louis Stevenson, title=Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The oak rose before me like a pillar of darkness; and overhead the heartsome stars were set in the face of the night. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1912, author=J.M. Barrie, title=Tommy and Grizel, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=It was a great hour for him as he wheeled the barrow homeward, Elspeth once more by his side; but he could say nothing heartsome in Tommy's presence, and Tommy was as uncomfortable in his. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1917, author=Nellie L. McClung, title=The Next of Kin, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=A rainbow is a heartsome thing, for it reminds us of a promise made long ago, and faithfully kept. }}