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glad

adj
/ɡlæd/

Etymology

From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.

  1. derived from *gʰladʰ-✻
  2. derived from *gladaz✻
  3. derived from glæd
  4. derived from glad

Definitions

  1. Pleased

    Pleased; happy; gratified.

    • I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.
    • I'm always glad to be of service.
    • I was glad of receiving the tent in time for the camping trip.

  2. Having a bright or cheerful appearance

    Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.

    • Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is.
    • Glad Eevening & glad morn crownd the fourth day.

  3. To make glad.

    • that which gladded all the warrior train
    • Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
    • God that glads the lover's heart
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A gladiolus (plant).

      • Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.

    2. A diminutive of the female given name Gladys.

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Derived

engladden, get glad in the same britches one got mad in, get glad in the same pants one got mad in, glad and sorry, gladden, glad-eye, gladful, glad-hand, gladhand, glad hand, glad-handed, glad-hander, glad-handing, gladhearted, gladless, gladly, Gladman, gladness, glad rags, gladsome, glad tidings, glad wrap, overglad, unglad

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at glad. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01glad02bright03brilliant04saturated05soaked06inebriated07exhilaration08exhilarated09exhilarate10gladden

A definitional loop anchored at glad. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at glad

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA