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happy
English
Etymology
From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) +? -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?hæpi?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?hæpi/
- Rhymes: -æpi
- Hyphenation: hap?py
Adjective
happy (comparative happier or more happy, superlative happiest or most happy)
- Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
- 1731, Thomas Bayes, Divine Benevolence: or, An Attempt to Prove that the Principal End of the Divine Providence and Government is the Happiness of His Creatures: Being an Answer to a Pamphlet, Entitled, Divine Rectitude; or, An Inquiry Concerning the Moral Perfections of the Deity. With a Refutation of the Notions therein Advanced Concerning Beauty and Order, the Reason of Punishment, and the Necessity of a State of Trial antecedent to Perfect Happiness, London: Printed for John Noon, at the White-Hart in Cheapside, near Mercers-Chapel, OCLC 642498368; quoted in Andrew I. Dale, Most Honourable Remembrance: The Life and Work of Thomas Bayes (Studies and Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences), New York, N.Y.: Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-0-387-00499-0, page 138:
- […] For the most happy universe is not one that consists of the greatest possible number of the most happy beings only; but one that consists of that, and the greatest possible number of beings next inferior to the first rank, and so downward, till we come to those that approach the nearest to insensible matter.
- 1731, Thomas Bayes, Divine Benevolence: or, An Attempt to Prove that the Principal End of the Divine Providence and Government is the Happiness of His Creatures: Being an Answer to a Pamphlet, Entitled, Divine Rectitude; or, An Inquiry Concerning the Moral Perfections of the Deity. With a Refutation of the Notions therein Advanced Concerning Beauty and Order, the Reason of Punishment, and the Necessity of a State of Trial antecedent to Perfect Happiness, London: Printed for John Noon, at the White-Hart in Cheapside, near Mercers-Chapel, OCLC 642498368; quoted in Andrew I. Dale, Most Honourable Remembrance: The Life and Work of Thomas Bayes (Studies and Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences), New York, N.Y.: Springer, 2003, ISBN 978-0-387-00499-0, page 138:
- Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
- (Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 58:
- ‘I had the happy notion of adding an egg,’ Williams shouted back. ‘It poaches in the soup. Not unlike an Italian stracciatella. Singularly toothsome...’
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 58:
- (in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
- (rare, of people, often followed by "at" or "in") Dexterous, ready, skilful.
Usage notes
- (contented, joyous): Said of people, hours, times, thoughts, etc.
- (fortunate, lucky): Said of efforts, expedients, omens, ventures, etc.
Alternative forms
- happie (obsolete)
Synonyms
- (contented, joyous): cheerful, content, delighted, elated, exultant, glad, joyful, jubilant, merry, orgasmic
- (fortunate, lucky): fortunate, lucky, propitious
- See also Thesaurus:happy
Antonyms
- (contented, joyous): blue, depressed, down, miserable, moody, morose, sad, unhappy
- (fortunate, lucky): unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious
- (content, satisfied): disenchanted, dissatisfied
- (appropriate, apt): inappropriate, inapt, unfelicitous
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: happy
- ? Welsh: hapus (calque)
- ? Japanese: ????
Translations
Noun
happy (plural happies)
- (informal, rare) A happy event, thing, person, etc.
Verb
happy (third-person singular simple present happies, present participle happying, simple past and past participle happied)
- (intransitive, informal) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
- (transitive, informal) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
Synonyms
- (to make happy): happify
Further reading
- Happy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English happy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?pi/
Adjective
happy (comparative happyer, superlative am happysten)
- (colloquial, chiefly predicative) glad; satisfied; momentarily happy
Usage notes
- The German word is used as a synonym of froh (“glad, momentarily happy”) rather than glücklich (“happy, both momentarily and generally in life”).
- On the rare occasion that this adjective is used attributively, the positive form happy typically remains undeclined, whereas the comparation forms are declined in the normal fashion.
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healthy
English
Etymology
From health +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?l.?i/
- Rhymes: -?l?i
Adjective
healthy (comparative healthier or more healthy, superlative healthiest or most healthy)
- Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
- Antonym: unhealthy
- Conducive to health.
- Synonym: healthful
- Antonym: unhealthy
- Evincing health.
- (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
Usage notes
When a clearer distinction is intended, healthy is used to describe the state of the object, and healthful describes its ability to impart health to the recipient. Vegetables in good condition are both healthy (i.e., not rotten or diseased) and healthful (i.e., they improve the eaters' health, compared to eating junk food). By contrast, a poisonous plant can be healthy, but it is not healthful to eat it.
Derived terms
Related terms
- heal
- healing
- whole
Translations
Further reading
- healthy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- healthy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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