happiness

noun
/ˈhæpinɪs/

Etymology

From happy + -ness.

  1. derived from heppinn
  2. derived from happyn
  3. derived from happy
  4. suffixed as happiness — “happy + ness

Definitions

  1. The emotion of being happy

    The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

    • seek happiness
    • true happiness
    • bring happiness to others
  2. Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.

    • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
  3. Good luck

    Good luck; good fortune.

    • All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Fortuitous elegance

      Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.

      • Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at happiness. 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.

01happiness02good03capability04digital05binary06concerns07concern

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

7 hops · closes at happiness

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

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