handsome vs lovesome

handsome

adj
  • Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly 

  • Good, appealing, appropriate. 

  • Attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect. 

  • Fine, clear and bright. 

  • Ample; moderately large. 

  • Statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way. 

  • Generous or noble in character. 

  • Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate. 

lovesome

adj
  • Lovable on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful. 

  • Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable. 

  • A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! 

How often have the words handsome and lovesome occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )