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beamish (adj.)

1530 (beamysshe, in John Palsgrave's "L'éclaircissement de la langue française"), from beam + -ish. Lewis Carroll may have thought he was inventing it in "Jabberwocky" (1871).

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Definitions of beamish from WordNet

beamish (adj.)
smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll;
Synonyms: smiling / twinkly
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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