blithe

UK /blaɪð/ US /blaɪð/
adj 2name 1

Definitions

adj

1

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

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

Southern liberals (there are a good few) exhibit blithe insouciance: it is a real blight.

2

Cheerful, happy.

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

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.

name

1

A river in Staffordshire, England, which joins the River Trent.

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