Blithe

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blithe \Blithe\ (bl[imac][th]), a. [AS. bl[imac][eth]e blithe,
     kind; akin to Goth. blei[thorn]s kind, Icel. bl[imac][eth]r
     mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe, OHG.
     bl[imac]di kind, blithe.]
     Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe
     spirit.


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           The blithe sounds of festal music.       --Prescott.
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           A daughter fair,
           So buxom, blithe, and debonair.          --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blithe
       adj 1: lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with blithe
              ignorance of the true situation"
       2: carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her
          blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her
          lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome
          heart" [syn: {blithesome}, {lighthearted}, {lightsome}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "blithe":
     beaming, blase, blissful, blithesome, boon, bright,
     bright and sunny, carefree, careless, casual, cheerful, cheery,
     chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, delighted, detached, elated, eupeptic,
     euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, flushed, gay, genial, glad,
     gladsome, gleeful, glowing, happy, happy-go-lucky, heedless, high,
     hopeful, in good spirits, in high spirits, indifferent, insouciant,
     irrepressible, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant,
     laughing, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome, merry, mirthful,
     of good cheer, optimistic, pleasant, radiant, riant, rosy,
     sanguine, sanguineous, smiling, sparkling, sunny, uncaring,
     unconcerned, winsome