Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lightsome

Lightsome (līt"sum) , adjective

1.
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. — Bacon
2.
Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
That lightsome affection of joy. — Hooker
Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. — Hawthorne