blithe — Dictionnaire anglais

Adjectif

1. Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.

   Exemples

   She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.

   From mother and nurse it was a guerilla^([sic]) gunfire of commands, and blithe, quicksilver disobedience from the three blonde, never-still little girls.

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   In this article, I examine the documentation and source code of Wikilambda to critique both its ideals and its implementation. There is in fact an intimate link between the project’s ideals and its blithe ignorance of “decades of programming language research.” The project expresses, in a typically extreme way, a certain kind of hacker utopianism.

2. Cheerful, happy.

   Usage

   • Scotland

   Exemples

   And now ſweet Emperour be blithe againe, And bury all thy feare in my deuiſes.

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   For that fair femal Troop thou ſawſt, that ſeemd Of Goddeſſes, ſo blithe, ſo ſmooth, ſo gay, Yet empty of good wherein conſiſts, Womans domeſtic honour and chief praiſe; […]

   Shou'd he return, that troop ſo blithe and bold, With purple robes inwrought, and ſtiff with gold, Precipitant in fear, wou'd wing their flight, And curſe their cumbrous pride's unwieldy weight.

   But not more blythe than sylvan court, Than we have been at humbler sport; Though small our pomp, and mean our game, Our mirth, dear Marriot, was the same.

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   Tarry, tarry, ye wha were aye sae blythe to be at the meetings of the saints, and wad ride every muir in Scotland to find a conventicle.

   Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.

   He looked so irresistibly pleasant, in a word, that three or four good-humoured fellows said, "Good morning, sir! A merry Christmas to you!" And Scrooge said often afterwards, that of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard, those were the blithest in his ears.

   I was feeling blithe, almost jocund.

   To-night, however, she was even in a blither mood than usual. There was a dreaminess, a preoccupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand.

3. Fair, beautiful, comely; gracious, pleasant and attractive in manner.

   Usage

   • désuet

   Exemples

   Thy garters fringed with the golde, And siluer aglets hanging by, Which made thee blithe for to beholde, And yet thou wouldst not loue me.

   There on Beds of Violets blew, And freſh-blown Roſes waſht in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buckſom, blith, and debonair.

Adjectif

1. lacking or showing a lack of due concern

   Exemples

   spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation

2. carefree and happy and lighthearted

   Synonymes

   blithesomelightheartedlightsomelight-hearted

   Exemples

   was loved for her blithe spirit

   a merry blithesome nature

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   her lighthearted nature

   trilling songs with a lightsome heart