beamish

B3E1A1M3I1S1H4
/ˈbiːmɪʃ/

adjective

Radiantly beaming; happy; cheerful.

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smilingtwinklycheerful
OriginEnglish beam ← Middle English bem ← Old English bēam →
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Meanings

beamish1

adjectivebeamish (comparative more beamish, superlative most beamish)

comparative more beamish · superlative most beamish

  1. nonce wordRadiantly beaming; happy; cheerful.

    And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

    1872, Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky
    1 more example

    But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, If your Snark be a Boojum!

    1874–1876 (date written), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Fit the Fit the Third.⁠ The Baker’s Tale.”, in The Hunting of the Snark […], London: Macmillan and Co., published March 1876, →OCLC

Beamish2

proper nounBeamish (countable and uncountable, plural Beamishes)

plural Beamishes

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Norman.
  2. countableuncountableA village in Urpeth parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2253).

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesmiling with happiness or optimism

Similar
smilingtwinklycheerful
Also see
cheerfulsmilingtwinkly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

beamish · adjective

  1. Proto-Germanic*bagmaz?
  2. Proto-West Germanic*baum
  3. Old Englishbēam
  4. Middle Englishbem
  5. Englishbeam
  6. Englishbeamish

From beam + -ish.

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Beamish · proper noun

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Beaumais, in Normandy. The village in County Durham shares the same etymology.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with beamish

squeamish
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Cite this entry
APA

beamish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beamish

MLA

“beamish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beamish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beamish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beamish.

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