Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: <1700, 1700-1718, 1824, 1884
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BLITHESOME, adj. Also blythe-. Cheerful, merry, gay (Ags., Per. 1975). Adv. blithesomely. Now St. Eng.Sc. a.1700 J. Watson Choice Coll. (1706) I. 8:
The Blythsome Wedding. Sc. 1718 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 68:
Where clever Houghs like Willi-wands At ilka blythesome Spring Lap high that Day.Sc. 1824 My Love's a Winsome Wee Thing in G. Thomson Melodies vi. 44:
My kindly blythesome wee thing. Lnk. 1884 J. Nicholson Willie Waugh 139:
Hoo blithesomely the time flew past.
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"Blithesome adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snd00088048>
