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Webster 1913 Edition

Prosperity

Pros-per′i-ty

,
Noun.
[F.
prospérité
, L.
prosperitas
. See
Prosperous
.]
The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success;
as, commercial
prosperity
; national
prosperity
.
Now
prosperity
begins to mellow.
Shakespeare
Prosperities
can only be enjoyed by them who fear not at all to lose them.
Jer. Taylor.
Syn. – Prosperousness; thrift; weal; welfare; well being; happiness.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prosperity

PROSPER'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. prosperitas.] Advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired; as the prosperity of arts; agricultural or commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Our disposition to abuse the blessings of providence renders prosperity dangerous.
The prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Prov.1.

Definition 2024

prosperity

prosperity

English

Noun

prosperity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural prosperities)

  1. The condition of being prosperous, of having good fortune

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External links

  • prosperity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • prosperity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās.

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