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Added 10 October 2026

blithe

/blaɪð/ adjective

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Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
Cheerful, happy.
Fair, beautiful, comely; gracious, pleasant and attractive in manner.

Origin

From Middle English blithe (“glad, happy, joyful; causing joy, joyous; gentle, mild; gracious, merciful; bright, shining; beautiful, fair”) [and other forms], from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþī, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (“friendly; gentle, mild; pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlī- (“fine; light; pleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bliede (“glad, cheerful, merry”), West Frisian bliid (“cheerful, glad”), Dutch blij (“happy”), German Low German blied (“happy, lucky”).

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