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gamesome

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game·some  (gmsm)
adj.
Frolicsome; playful.
gamesome·ly adv.
gamesome·ness n.
gamesome [ˈgeɪmsəm]
adj
full of merriment; sportive
gamesomely  adv
gamesomeness  n
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Again and again to such gamesome talk, the dexterous dart is repeated, the spear returning to its master like a greyhound held in skilful leash.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
In their gamesome but still serious way, one whispers to the other --"Jack, he's robbed a widow;" or,"Joe, do you mark him; he's a bigamist;" or,"Harry lad, I guess he's the adulterer that broke jail in old Gomorrah, or belike, one of the missing murderers from Sodom.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Once he attempted it by starvation; but, while the wretched man was on the point of famishing, the monster seemed to feed upon his heart, and to thrive and wax gamesome, as if it were his sweetest and most congenial diet.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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