heartsomeness means the state, quality, or condition of being heartsome. It carries an Arena rating of 1483, earned across 10 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, heartsomeness ranks #189 of 13,225 for Most Beautiful Words, #4,276 of 13,224 for Funniest Words, #6,658 of 13,225 for Most Elegant Words, #7,075 of 13,225 for Most Whimsical Words.
Why “heartsomeness” is a great word
The quality of being cheerful, hearty, and encouraging in a way that emanates from a genuine warmth of spirit. From heartsome (from heart + -some, meaning 'characterized by a quality of the heart') + -ness (forming abstract nouns denoting a state or quality). Unlike cheerfulness, a general state of positive feeling, or cordiality, a warm sociability, heartsomeness implies a deeper, generative vigor that actively fortifies others. It is the glow from a well-stoked hearth on a winter’s night, the robust chorus of a communal song, the sustaining grip of a hand on your shoulder before a difficult task—a durable encouragement that is less a mood than a form of spiritual sustenance, a quiet insistence that the world contains pockets of defiant and transferable warmth.
Etymology
From heartsome + -ness.
noun
- The state, quality, or condition of being heartsome.“[…] but she always sighed for the good old days, and maintained that there was not such heartsomeness in the intercourse of the people as among the neighbors at the Gore.”
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