welsome

See also: Welsome

English

Etymology

From Middle English welsum, equivalent to well +‎ -some.

Adjective

welsome (comparative more welsome, superlative most welsome)

1. (obsolete) prosperous; well off; in good condition
   • 1920, Albany medical annals:

     A welsome poesy attends the final ebbing of his really romantic life, amid the familiar scenes of his boyhood.

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Synonyms

• fortunate, prosperous, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

Related terms

• welsomely

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “welsome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)