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blythe

/blaɪð/

blythe is the obsolete spelling of blithe.

Meaning of blithe

Adjective

blithe (comparative blither, superlative blithest)

  1. Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
    • She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
  2. (Scotland, elsewhere dated or literary) Cheerful, happy.
    • And now ſweet Emperour be blithe againe,
      And bury all thy feare in my deuiſes.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  3. (obsolete) Fair, beautiful, comely; gracious, pleasant and attractive in manner.
    • Thy garters fringed with the golde,
      And siluer aglets hanging by,
      Which made thee blithe for to beholde,
      And yet thou wouldst not loue me.1878 [1584], Clement Robinson, “A new Courtly Sonet, of the Lady Greensleeues” (stanza 10), in Edward Arber, editor, A Handful of Pleasant Delights

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Proper noun capitalized: Blythe

Blythe (countable and uncountable, plural Blythes)

  1. A city in Riverside County, California, United States.
  2. A minor city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States.
  3. A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Calvin Blythe.
  4. A river in Warwickshire and West Midlands, England, which joins the River Tame north-east of Coleshill, Warwickshire.
  5. (countable) A surname from Old English either derived from a nickname, or from the English places.
  6. (countable) A female given name transferred from the surname, reinforced by the word blithe.

Forms of blythe

pluralBlythes

Origin of blythe

English surname, from Old English blīþe (“merry”). Many senses are derived from placenames, such as the River Blythe, all from the Old English adjective.

Words formed from blythe

Words that rhyme with blythe

Questions about blythe

What does blythe mean?
Blythe means a city in Riverside County, California, United States.
What is blythe the obsolete spelling of?
Blythe is the obsolete spelling of blithe.
What part of speech is blythe?
Blythe is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce blythe?
Blythe is pronounced /blaɪð/.

Words near blythe in the dictionary

  1. Blyth's pipit
  2. Blyth's pipits
  3. Blyth's reed warbler
  4. Blyth's reed warblers
  5. Blythburgh
  6. blythe
  7. Blythe Bridge
  8. Blythedale
  9. blythely
  10. Blythes
  11. Blytheville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blythe (page history and authors); Blythe (page history and authors); blithe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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