blithe

English

/blaɪð/

adj
Definitions
  • dated or literary Happy, cheerful.
  • casually indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English blithe derived from Old English blīþe (joyous, cheerful, willing, quiet, friendly, gentle, merry, gracious, blithe, peaceful, pleasant, kind, well-disposed, agreeable) derived from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (mild, friendly, pleasing) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlī- (fine, light, pleasant), *bʰel- (shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰel-

Gloss

shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

白

Emoji
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