blitheness
blitheness noun: the characteristic of being blithe.
Noun
blitheness (uncountable)
- The characteristic of being blithe.
- A mood of blitheness rarely experienced even by young men was Dick’s on the following Monday morning. It was the week after the Easter holidays, and he was journeying along with Smart the mare and the light spring-cart, watching the damp slopes of the hill-sides as they streamed in the warmth of...1872, [Thomas Hardy], “VI: Yalbury Wood and the Keeper's House”, in Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, part II, page 192
- Synonyms:
- blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance
blitheness meaning in Malayalam
blitheness in Malayalam
- ആനന്ദം, ഉന്മേഷം
Synonyms of blitheness
- blithesomeness
- cheerfulness
- cheeriness
- contentness
- contentedness
- delight
- delightedness
- elatedness
- elation
- exuberance
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Origin of blitheness
From Middle English *blithenesse, from Old English blīþnes, from Proto-West Germanic *blīþinassī, equivalent to blithe + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian blidens (“blitheness, joy”), Old High German blīdnissa (“joy”).
Questions about blitheness
- What does blitheness mean?
- Blitheness means the characteristic of being blithe.
- What is blitheness in Malayalam?
- Blitheness in Malayalam is ആനന്ദം, ഉന്മേഷം. See Blitheness meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is blitheness?
- Blitheness is a noun.
Words near blitheness in the dictionary
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