riches
see also: Riches
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
Etymology 1

From Middle English richesse, plural of riche ("power, wealth"), from Old English rīċe.

Noun

riches (plural p)

  1. Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene ii], page 12 ↗:
      Cal. […] Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments
      Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices,
      That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe,
      Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming,
      The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches
      Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd
      I cri'de to dreame againe.
  2. (figurative) An abundance of anything desirable.
    You will enjoy the riches of this forest.
Synonyms Related terms Translations Etymology 2

From rich + -es by analogy with poors.

Noun

riches (plural p)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Rich people.
    Synonyms: wealthies
    Antonyms: poors

Riches
Etymology

From Rich, a diminutive of Richard + the patronymic suffix -s.

Proper noun
  1. Surname.



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