wealthy
see also: Wealthy
Etymology
Wealthy
Etymology
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see also: Wealthy
Etymology
From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth + -y.
Pronunciation- (America) IPA: /ˈwɛl.θi/
wealthy (comparative wealthier, superlative wealthiest)
Synonyms Antonyms Translations- French: riche, nanti
- German: wohlhabend, reich
- Italian: benestante, abbiente, agiato, facoltoso, denaroso, danaroso, ricco
- Portuguese: rico
- Russian: бога́тый
- Spanish: adinerado, rico, próspero, acomodado
- Portuguese: farto
wealthy
- (plural only) Synonym of rich: the wealthy people of a society or of the world collectively.
- 2009 Oct., Rachel A. Bouvier, "Sulfur Dioxide Emissions and Per Capita Income", Environment & Development Economics, Vol. 14, No. 5:
- ... whether consumption patterns of the wealthy are more or less polluting than those of the poor depends on the contaminant in question.
- The wealthy pay most of the taxes but the uberwealthy hardly pay any at all: they hold stock and property and live off debt borrowed against that collateral.
- 2009 Oct., Rachel A. Bouvier, "Sulfur Dioxide Emissions and Per Capita Income", Environment & Development Economics, Vol. 14, No. 5:
(uncommon, countable) A rich person. - F. Scott Fitzgerald never got over Ginevra King's dad reminding him he wasn't a wealthy and needed to aim lower.
Wealthy
Etymology
Named by Peter Gideon (1820–1899), creator of the cultivar, after his wife, Wealthy (Hull) Gideon.
Nounwealthy (plural wealthys)
- A certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota.
- 1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, page 129:
- Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.
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