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–adjective, blith·er, blith·est.

1.	joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.

2.	without thought or regard; carefree; heedless: a blithe indifference to anyone's feelings.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE blīthe; c. ON blīthr, OHG blīdi, Goth bleiths

]

—Related forms

blitheful, adjective

blithe·ful·ly, adverb

blithely, adverb

blitheness, noun

—Synonyms 1. happy, mirthful, sprightly, light-hearted, buoyant, joyful, blithesome.

—Antonyms 1. joyless.

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Blithe

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–noun

a female given name.

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adj. blith·er, blith·est

Carefree and lighthearted.
Lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual: spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation.

[Middle English, from Old English blīthe.]

blithe'ly adv., blithe'ness n.

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blithe

O.E. bliþe "joyous, kind," from P.Gmc. *blithiz "gentle, kind" (cf. O.S. bliði "bright, happy," O.N. bliðr "mild, gentle," O.H.G. blidi "gay, friendly," Goth. bleiþs "kind, friendly, merciful"). Rare since 16c. No cognates outside Gmc. "The earlier application was to the outward expression of kindly feeling, sympathy, affection to others, as in Gothic and ON.; but in OE. the word had come more usually to be applied to the external manifestation of one's own pleased or happy frame of mind, and hence even to the state itself." [OED]

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blithe
adjective
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"

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blithe [blaið] adjective

happy and light-hearted
Example: She is merry and blithe.

Arabic:	مَرِحٌ، جَذِلٌ
Chinese (Simplified):	欢乐的
Chinese (Traditional):	歡樂的
Czech:	bezstarostný
Danish:	ubekymret; sorgløs
Dutch:	monter
Estonian:	lõbus
Finnish:	hilpeä
French:	allègre
German:	munter
Greek:	χαρωπός, ανέμελος
Hungarian:	vidám
Icelandic:	glaður
Indonesian:	bersukacita, gembira
Italian:	contento

Japanese:	快活な
Korean:	명랑한
Latvian:	bezrūpīgs; dzīvespriecīgs
Lithuanian:	laimingas, be rūpesčių
Norwegian:	munter, ubekymret
Polish:	pogodny
Portuguese (Brazil):	alegre
Portuguese (Portugal):	contente
Romanian:	vesel, voios
Russian:	беспечный
Slovak:	bezstarostný
Slovenian:	blažen
Spanish:	alegre
Swedish:	munter, glättig
Turkish:	şen, şakrak, neşeli

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Blithe

Bliss\ (bl[i^]s), n.; pl. Blisses (bl[i^]s"[e^]z). [OE. blis, blisse, AS. blis, bl[=i][eth]s, fr. bl[=i][eth]e blithe. See Blithe.] Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.

An then at last our bliss Full and perfect is. --Milton.

Syn: Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy; enjoyment. See Happiness.

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