Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blithe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blithe \Blithe\ (bl[imac][th]), a. [AS. bl[=i][eth]e blithe,
kind; akin to Goth. blei[thorn]s kind, Icel. bl[=i][eth]r
mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe, OHG.
bl[=i]di kind, blithe.]
Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe
spirit.
The blithe sounds of festal music. --Prescott.
A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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