English Synonyms with Etymologies and Examples and an Appendix Containing an Alphabetical List of Prefixes and Affixes - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...Ger. Dank, thanks) is said of a person who expresses his thanks. Ex.: If you will grant me this favour, I shall be very thankful to you. Grateful (L. gratia--gratus, pleasing, thankful) is said of a person who feels lasting thanks, or who has a due sense of benefits or kindness received. Ex.: And yet not poor; for calm content Made all that he possess'd Be cherished with a grateful heart, Which made it doubly blest. Peaceable--Peaceful. Peaceable (A. S. pais; Fr. paix; L. pax, pacis, peace) means disposed to peace; desirous for peace. Ex.: He is a very peaceable man. Peaceful denotes full of peace; in a state of peace; calm; serene. Ex.: How blest the man who in these peaceful plains, Ploughs his paternal field. Idle--Lazy--Indolent--Slothful. Idle (A. S. idel, ydel; Ger. eitel, vain) denotes doing nothing; being unoccupied. Its original meaning was „empty" „trifling". It is sometimes used in this sense now. r Ex.: How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a Dame. He was an idle personage, with no apparent occupation. Lazy (Ger. lass; 0. G. laz, slow, late; Out. losig; Fr. las; L. lassus, wearied, fatigued) is applied to a person disinclined to take trouble; averse to labour. Ex.: Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure, the diligent man will find; the lazy man, never. Indolent (Fr. indolent--L. in, not, dolens-entis, P. pres. of doleo, to suffer pain therefore free from pain or trouble) is being disinclined to exertion, activity or movement. Ex.: Some Eastern nations are of a very indolent disposition. Slothful (A. S. slaewth, slewth--slaw, slow) is indolent and slow in the highest degree. Ex.: Everything seems difficult to a slothful man. Prevalent--Prevailing. Prevalent (L. praevalens, P. pres. of...
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