Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alacrity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Alacrity \A*lac"ri*ty\, n. [L. alacritas, fr. alacer lively,
eager, prob. akin to Gr. ? to drive, Goth. aljan zeal.]
A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous
activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced
with alacrity to meet the enemy.

I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind
that I was wont to have. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

alacrity
n : liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity" [syn:
{briskness}]

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