alacrity
/əˈlækɹəti/uh-LA-kruh-tee
/əˈlækɹəti/uh-LA-kruh-tee
Meaningbriskness
Common meaning: cheerful readiness
- alacrbrisk, eagerLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 79 · scan
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
Journey through time
- Latinalacer, -cris, -cre‘brisk, eager’
- Englishalacrity‘cheerful readiness’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin alacer ‘brisk, eager’.
Roots
- alacer, -cris, -cre Latin “brisk, eager”
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