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Added 9 October 2026

rich

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ adjective

In Latin: dīves, dīs, locuplēs Wiktionary

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Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; a very rich chocolate cake
Remunerative.

noun

The rich people of a society or the world collectively, the rich class of a society.
When the poor have no more to eat, they will eat the rich.

verb

To enrich.
To become rich.

Origin

From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source. Cognate with Dutch rijk, German reich, Danish rig, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rik, Faroese and Icelandic ríkur, Portuguese and Spanish rico, French riche, Italian ricco.

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