praisesome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From praise +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

praisesome (comparative more praisesome, superlative most praisesome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by praise; praiseworthy
    • (Can we date this quote?), Motion Picture, volume 8, page 52:
      He was strolling along across the new-shorn meadows, with the breath of clover and timothy all around an' his old fiddle across his shoulders, a-counting of his blessings, which is very praisesome work to be sure.
    • 1907, The Clothier and Furnisher, volume 71, page 51:
      Having done this for him——he will go hence and proclaim in loud praisesome voice the good of your store and the Brightons therefrom.
    • 2013, Murray Alfredson, The Gleaming Clouds, page 70:
      Naught seems so good nor so praisesome as the bright rose and the love of my man.