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語源

From Middle English lefsum, equivalent to lief +‎ -some. Compare Old High German liebsam (“liefsome”). More at lief, -some.

形容詞

liefsome (comparative more liefsome, superlative most liefsome)

1. (dialectal, poetic または archaic) Agreeable; pleasing; delightful.

   The manner in which he treated my dog did not seem very liefsome to me.

   • 1854, Henry Howard Surrey (Earl of), Thomas Sackville Dorset (Earl of), Robert Bell, Poetical works of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey:

     So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight, And with a kiss, methinks I say, 'Welcome, my lord, my knight; [...]'

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