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adj
Agreeable; pleasing; delightful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, poetic
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English lefsum, leofsum, probably from Old English *lēofsum, equivalent to lief + -some. Compare Old High German liobsam (“liefsome”), German liebsam.
