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noun, plural -ties.
1.
a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
2.
prosperities, prosperous circumstances.
Related forms
non·pros·per·i·ty, noun
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Prosperity
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
prosperity
early 13c., from O.Fr. prosperite (c.1140), from L. prosperitatem (nom. prosperitas) "good fortune," from prosperus (see prosper).
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