blitheful

adjective · 16th century

A word that sounds exactly like a spring morning feels.

Full of joy, lightheartedness, or a carefree state of mind.

In the wild

“She walked through the meadow with a blitheful skip in her step.”

Origin

Formed in the 16th century from the Old English blithe and the suffix -ful. It captures the essence of joyousness that predates our flatter modern vocabulary.

Sources·Oxford English Dictionary/Historical Thesaurus of English

Etymologist commentary·Anatoly Liberman, The Oxford Etymologist