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Blithe

//blaɪð// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.

    "She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States."

  2. 2
    Cheerful, happy. Scotland

    "And now ſweet Emperour be blithe againe, And bury all thy feare in my deuiſes."

Adjective
  1. 1
    carefree and happy and lighthearted wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking or showing a lack of due concern wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Staffordshire, England, which joins the River Trent.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English blithe (“glad, happy, joyful; causing joy, joyous; gentle, mild; gracious, merciful; bright, shining; beautiful, fair”) [and other forms], from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþī, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (“friendly; gentle, mild; pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlī- (“fine; light; pleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”).

Etymology 2

Likely derived from the Old English adjective blīþe (“joyful, merry”).

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