beamish
See also: Beamish
English
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beamish (comparative more beamish, superlative most beamish)
- (nonce word) Radiantly beaming; happy; cheerful.
- 1872, Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky:
- And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
- 1876, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark:
- But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
If your Snark be a Boojum!