a. Obs. rare. [f. TOY sb. + -SOME.] Full of ‘toys,’ or having the character of a ‘toy’; fantastic, whimsical; inclined to toy, sportive, playful; amorously sportive.
1638. Ford, Fancies, II. i. I have an excellent humour to be pettish, A little toysome.
1659. Hoole, Comenius’ Vis. World (1777), 178. The fool causeth laughter by his toysome actions.
1719. D’Urfey, Pills (1872), III. 113. Tom was toysome, Will was sad.
1754. Richardson, Grandison (1783), VI. 192. As we sat at breakfast, two or three toysome things were said by my Lord (no ape was ever so fond!).
Hence Toysomeness.
1697. Creech, trans. Manilius, Pref. 46. There are so many boldnesses scatter’d thro’ his Poem, and so much of Toysomness just by them, that a man may read his Youth in his Writings.
