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blithe
English
Etymology
From Middle English blithe (“glad, happy, joyful; causing joy, joyous; gentle, mild; gracious, merciful; bright, shining; beautiful, fair”) [and other forms], from Old English bl?þe (“glad, happy, joyful; gentle, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *bl?þ?, from Proto-Germanic *bl?þiz (“friendly; gentle, mild; pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?l?- (“fine; light; pleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“shiny; white”). Doublet of bliss.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /bla?ð/, /bla??/
- Rhymes: -a?ð, -a??
Adjective
blithe (comparative blither, superlative blithest)
- Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern.
- (chiefly Scotland, elsewhere dated or literary) Cheerful, happy.
Derived terms
Related terms
- bliss
Translations
References
Further reading
- blithe (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- thible
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English blithe, from Old English bl?þe, from Proto-West Germanic *bl?þ?, from Proto-Germanic *bl?þiz. Cognate with Danish blid, Dutch blij, Icelandic blíður. Compare bliss.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bla?ð/
- Rhymes: -a?ð
Adjective
blithe (comparative blither, superlative blithest)
- Happy
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mellow
English
Etymology
From Middle English melowe, melwe (“soft, sweet, juicy”), variant of Middle English merow, merwe (“soft, tender”), from Old English meru, mearu (“tender, soft, callow, delicate, frail”), from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“mellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub, pack”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”), West Frisian murf (“tender”), Dutch murw (“tender”), German Low German möör (“tender”), German mürbe (“tender, soft”), Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”), Icelandic meyr (“tender”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?l??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?lo?/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Adjective
mellow (comparative mellower or more mellow, superlative mellowest or most mellow)
- Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
- Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid.
- flowers of rank and mellow glebe
- Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued, soft, rich, delicate; said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
- 1820, William Wordsworth, The Valley of Dover
- the mellow horn
- 1821, James Gates Percival, Prometheus
- The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues / Heaven with all freaks of light.
- 1820, William Wordsworth, The Valley of Dover
- Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
- December 11, 1834, William Wordsworth, to Samuel Rogers Esq
- May health return to mellow age.
- as merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound
- December 11, 1834, William Wordsworth, to Samuel Rogers Esq
- Relaxed; calm; easygoing; laid-back.
- Warmed by liquor, slightly intoxicated, stoned, or high.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (tender): See Thesaurus:soft
- (not hard): yielding; See also Thesaurus:soft
- (not harsh): merry
- (genial): convivial, gay, genial, jovial
- (relaxed): easy-breezy, casual
- (slightly intoxicated): See Thesaurus:drunk or Thesaurus:stoned
Derived terms
- mellowness
Translations
Noun
mellow (plural mellows)
- A relaxed mood.
Derived terms
- harsh one's mellow
Verb
mellow (third-person singular simple present mellows, present participle mellowing, simple past and past participle mellowed)
- (transitive) To make mellow; to relax or soften.
- (intransitive) To become mellow.
- 1592-94, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act IV Scene 4
- So now prosperity begins to mellow
And drop into the rotten mouth of death.
- So now prosperity begins to mellow
- 1592-94, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act IV Scene 4
Derived terms
- mellow out
- unmellowed
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