contentsome

English

Etymology

From content +‎ -some.

Adjective

contentsome (comparative more contentsome, superlative most contentsome)

  1. Characterised by contentedness, contentfulness, or contentment
    • 1866, original 1665, John Morris, Kenelm Digby, Words of Comfort for the wayfarer, the weary, the sick, and the aged:
      If thou continuest in thy body, 'tis easie for thee, and sweet and contentsome to heap up treasures for eternity: and if thou partest from it, thy hopes are great and fair that the journey thou art going is to a world of unknown felicity.
    • 1990, Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, Doreen Walker, Dear Nan: Letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, and Humphrey Toms:
      I hope you've had a contentsome winter isnt[sic] it joyous to feel spring is on the way—leastways that the winter has probably done its worst for this year it busted my pipes.
    • 2015, Carl Wells, By Noble Things She Stands:
      Martha, Nan's sister-in-law, comforts the baby; she says her own child '“was wonderful contentsome.”'
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