Meanings
comparative more praisesome · superlative most praisesome
- rareCharacterised or marked by praise; praiseworthy
Naught seems so good nor so praisesome as the bright rose and the love of my man.
2013, Murray Alfredson, The Gleaming Clouds, page 702 more examples
He was strolling along across the new-shorn meadows, with the breath of clover and timothy all around an' his old fiddle across his shoulders, a-counting of his blessings, which is very praisesome work to be sure.
(Can we date this quote?), Motion Picture, volume 8, page 52Having done this for him——he will go hence and proclaim in loud praisesome voice the good of your store and the Brightons therefrom.
1907, The Clothier and Furnisher, volume 71, page 51
Origin
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