*tso*

a. Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [ R. ] Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Catsos [ It. cazzo. ] A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Very pleasing; delightful. “Delightsome vigor.” Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12.

-- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + sōna soon. See Eft, and Soon. ] Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And, if he fall from his capel [ horse ] eftsone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. eight people considered as a unit; as, there was an eightsome ahead of us on the golf course.
Syn. -- octet, octette. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a Scottish reel for eight dancers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a rotund, obese individual.
Syn. -- fatty, fat person, roly-poly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. [ F. flotter to float. See FFlotilla, and cf. Jetsam. ] (Law) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Merry; cheerful; lively. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ F. jeter to throw: cf. OF. getaison a throwing. Cf. Flotsam, Jettison. ] 1. (Mar. Law) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan (or lagan), goods which are sunk attached to a buoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of throwing objects from a ship to lighten the load; jettison{ 1 }. See Jettison, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: Anything thrown overboard from a ship, whether floating or not. [ PJC ]

4. Hence: [ fig. ] Objects scattered about in a disorderly manner; as, he couldn't find his sneakers among the jetsam in his room. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

a. 1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. [ 1913 Webster ]

White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. [ 1913 Webster ]

That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker.

-- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To soar beyond or above. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The outside sole of a boot or shoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in sounding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A song with two or more voice parts. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Calm; still. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
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indef. pron. Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatso he were, of high or low estate. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatso the heaven in his wide vault contains. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. A contraction of whatsoever; -- used in poetry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. & a. Whatever. “In whatsoever shape he lurk.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. Gen. xxxi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is sometimes divided by tmesis. “What things soever ye desire.” Mark xi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Whitsun. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ White + sour. ] (Bot.) A sort of apple. [ 1913 Webster ]