different between gracious vs hearty

English

Alternative forms

• gratious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e???s/
• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

gracious (comparative more gracious, superlative most gracious)

1. kind and warmly courteous
2. tactful
3. compassionate
4. indulgent, charming and graceful
5. elegant and with good taste
6. benignant
7. full of grace

Derived terms

• graciousness
• graciously

See also

• graceful

Translations

Interjection

gracious

1. Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.

Synonyms

• (expression of surprise): See Thesaurus:wow

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gracyous, gracyows, gracyouse, gracius, gracieux, gratious, gratius

Etymology

From Old French gracious, from Latin gr?ti?sus. Equivalent to grace +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?si?u?s/, /?ra??sju?s/, /??ra?sius/, /??ra?sjus/, /??ra?sj?s/

Adjective

gracious (plural and weak singular graciouse, comparative graciouser, superlative graciousest)

1. kind, gracious, polite
2. forgiving, relenting (used mainly positively)
3. godly, Christian, involving the graciousness of God.
4. lucky, glad; bestowed with good fortune.
5. enjoyable, nice, pleasing.
6. good-looking; pleasing to the eye.
7. obedient, respectworthy
8. (rare) useful, beneficious

Derived terms

• graciously
• graciousnesse

Descendants

• English: gracious
• Scots: gracious
• Yola: graacuse

References

• “gr?ci?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.

English

Etymology

Equivalent to heart +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??ti/
• Hyphenation: hearty
• Rhymes: -??(?)ti

Adjective

hearty (comparative heartier, superlative heartiest)

1. warm and cordial towards another person
   • c. 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent, Act IV, scene I:

     We, full of hearty tears / For our good father's loss
2. Energetic, active or eager.
3. Cheerful, vivacious.

4. Exhibiting strength; firm

5. Promoting strength; nourishing.
   • 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xiv:

     I launched out in search of a vegetarian restaurant. […] I would trot ten or twelve miles each day, go into a cheap restaurant and eat my fill of bread, but would never be satisfied. During these wanderings I once hit on a vegetarian restaurant in Farringdon Street. The sight of it filled me with the same joy that a child feels on getting a thing after its own heart. Before I entered I noticed books for sale exhibited under a glass window near the door. I saw among them Salt's Plea for Vegetarianism. This I purchased for a shilling and went straight to the dining room. This was my first hearty meal since my arrival in England.

Synonyms

• sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial; earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous.

Derived terms

• heartily
• heartiness

Translations

Noun

hearty (plural hearties)

1. (obsolete or humorous nautical) a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.

Anagrams

• Hayter, Thayer, aethyr, earthy, yearth