lightzom

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lightsum.

Adjective

lightzom

  1. lightsome
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 4:
      stampe na yer zwae be rare an lightzom.
      confirms your rule to be rare and enlightened.

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 116
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