gratefulness
Meaningthankfulness
Common meaning: a feeling of thanks
- gratpleasing; thankfulLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 827 · scan
- fulfilled with
- nessthe state of being
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
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin grātus ‘pleasing; thankful’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry grātus, p. 827 · dictionary scan
Roots
- grātus, -a, -um Latin “pleasing; thankful”
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