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April 11, 2019 alacrity [uh-lak-ri-tee] noun 1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity. word-trends Has The Word "Expert" Lost Its Meaning In 2019? word-trends Is "Crude" The Right Word To Use To Describe Someone's Language? WORD OF THE DAY alacrity continued... QUOTES Mrs Tulliver was an amiable fish of this kind, and, after running her head against the same resisting medium for fourteen years, would go at it again to-day with undulled alacrity. -- George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860 ORIGIN Alacrity comes from Middle French alacrite from Latin alacritāt-, the stem of alacritās "liveliness, zeal, enthusiasm." Alacritās is a derivative noun of the adjective alacer "nimble, brisk, enthusiastic, keen." Latin alacer develops into Italian allegro and Spanish alegre "cheerful, happy." Alacrity entered English in the 15th century. MORE FOR YOU 1 We Have Added Over 300 New Words To Dictionary.com! Consider this overview an elevator pitch (a brief talk or pitch intended to sell or win approval for something) for how our updates are … defining the times. 2 Not All Bad: 7 Ways "Bad" Can Be Good People (and Thesaurus.com) have known for a while that sometimes being bad is really, really good—especially in the bad phrases below. Carry on. 3 Dissent vs. Protest: Why Choosing The Right Word Matters It seems political conflict in the 2010s has put the words dissent and protest at the center of our vocabulary. But are we using them correctly? 4 The Google Effect And More 'Rules' The Internet Created Who needs to stash away names and dates into our longterm memory when we have Google? And, guess what, that phenomenon has a name! 5 The Double Meanings For These Innocent Animal Emoji Sometimes, a lobster isn't just a lobster ... © 2019 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy