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wealthy, a.|ˈwɛlθɪ|
[f. wealth + -y1.]
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a. Possessing well-being, happy, prosperous. Of conditions of life: Comfortable, luxurious. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxi. (Eugenia) 222 Quhen hyre chawmir wast saw he, quhare welthi wes scho wont to be. 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) X 2, If the wife have skill to rule an house..then shal al the mariage be more wealthy and fortunate. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utopia ii. ix. (1895) 301 A pleasaunt and a welthy lyuynge [lautam ac splendidam vitam]. Ibid., [They] lyue so wretched and miserable a lyfe, that the state and condition of the labouring beastes maye seme muche better and welthier. 1563Winȝet Bk. Quest. Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 128 In our days the samin wes abusit amang mony in idilnes and welthy lyfe.
†b. Of the body: Thriving (in phr. healthy and wealthy). Obs.
1538Starkey England 179 You schal see veray few of sobur and temperat dyat, but they haue helthy and welthy bodys.
c. dial. Of cattle: Well-fed.
1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2). Hence in recent Dicts.
2. Of persons: Having wealth or abundant means at command; rich, opulent.
a1430Hymns Virg. (1867) 115 Charite dooþ neuere wickidli..Ne blowen is with pride thouȝ sche be welþi. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 118 Ryche and welthy marchauntes. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iv. ii. 37, I wil be married to a wealthy Widdow, Ere three dayes passe. 1703W. Dampier Voy. III. 58 Besides Merchants and others that Trade by Sea from this Port, here are other pretty Wealthy Men. 1781Cowper Expost. 419 The flocks and herds of wealthy Lot. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 786 Come, surly John, thy wealthy kinsman view. 1820Scott Monast. i, The donations of land with which the King endowed these wealthy fraternities. 1825McCulloch Pol. Econ. i. 7 He is said to be wealthy, according to the degree in which he can afford to command those necessaries, conveniences and luxuries, which are not the gifts of nature, but the products of human industry. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. I. Prel. Rem. 8 To be wealthy is to have a large stock of useful articles, or the means of purchasing them. 1860Ruskin Unto this Last iv. (1862) 126 Many of the persons commonly considered wealthy, are in reality no more wealthy than the locks of their own strong boxes are. 1881‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette i, The Mervyns are by no means a wealthy family.
Prov.1639J. Clarke Parœm. 91 Earely to bed and earely to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
absol.c1380Antecrist in Todd Three Treat. Wyclif (1851) 131 Crist fedde þe needy pore; & þei þe riche & welþi. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1288 He sparith hem that vnwelthy heer ben, And to þe velthy dooth as þat ye seen. 1682Dryden Medal 183 The wise and wealthy love the surest way. 1784Cowper Task iv. 426 Meanwhile ye shall not want..what a wealthier than ourselves may send. 1890R. H. Wrightson Sancta Respublica Romana 12 The wealthy fled with their moveables.
3. Of a country, community, period, etc.: Prosperous, flourishing, thriving; commanding riches.
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xvi. (1885) 149 Yff the kyng haue such a Counsell..his lande shall..be ryche and welthy. 1538Starkey England 88 Thys reame hath byn callyd euer rych, and of al Chrystundome one of the most welthys. 1539Bible (Great) Ps. lxvi. 12 Thou broughtest vs out in to a welthy place. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 38 A citie maist welthie to name Inverlouth. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 700 The wealthy Abbay of Fountaines. 1653Milton Hirelings (1659) 12 Thus we see that not only the excess of hire in wealthiest times, but also [etc.]. 1827Southey Penins. War II. xvi. 26 The southern provinces, the most fertile and wealthiest of the kingdom.
4. In extended use: Rich in some possession or advantage; plentifully furnished with something; abundant, copious.
1601Shakes. All's Well ii. iii. 72, I am a simple Maide, and therein wealthiest That I protest, I simply am a Maide. 1607― Timon ii. ii. 193, I am wealthie in my Friends. 1608B. Jonson Masque Ld. Haddington's Marr. Wks. (1616) 943 Loues wealthy croppe of kisses. a1616― Epigr. lxxxi. To Proule, I will not show A line vnto thee, till..I' haue by two good sufficient men, To be the wealthy witnesse of my pen [after L. testis locuples]. 1635–56Cowley Davideis i. 77 The mighty Oceans wealthy Caves. c1645Howell Lett. I. v. xxvii, Upon Dr. Davies Brittish Grammer. Twas a tough task believe it, thus to tame A wilde and wealthy language. 1746Francis tr. Horace, Epist. ii. i. 184 And with glad Harvests crown the wealthy Year. 1830Tennyson Madeline 11 Revealings deep and clear are thine Of wealthy smiles. 1859H. Martineau Biog. Sk. iv. ii. (1869) 283 The ‘Kosmos’ of Humboldt..is wealthy in its facts, and splendid in its generalizations. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. iii, By her side was a little girl..with a wealthy softness on her, as if she must have her own way. 1887Athenæum 31 Dec. 900/1 Mr. Foster..has rendered the wealthy coloration and tonality of Walker with great judgment. 1905Holman Hunt Pre-Raphael. I. 145 The language of the painter [Rossetti] was wealthy and polished.
†5. Of great worth or value, valuable. Obs.
1565Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Copiosus, A great and wealthy heritage. 1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 47 My food the pleasant Plaines of Arcadie and the wealthie riches of Flora. 1593Marlowe & Nashe Dido ii. i. 360 Queene Dido..for Troyes sake, hath entertaind vs all, And clad vs in these wealthie robes we weare. 1611Chapman Iliad xviii. 313 Then they washt, and fild the mortall wound With wealthy oyle, of nine yeares old. 1612in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1914) Apr. 251 An assured trade that way..will.. proove more wealthy and beneficiall for this state then any other. 1652–62Heylyn Cosmogr. ii. (1682) 160 A wealthy race of sheep, which bring forth young twice a year, and are shorn four times. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 382 In divers Islands they finde most wealthy Mines. 1715Pope Iliad i. 217 Thine in each Conquest is the wealthy Prey. 1746Francis tr. Hor., Sat. ii. iii. 335 An actor's son dissolv'd a wealthy pearl..In vinegar.
6. (With capital initial.) Name of a N. American variety of late-ripening, red-skinned cooking or dessert apple. Freq. absol.
1869C. Downing Fruits & Fruit Trees Amer. (ed. 2) ix. 398 Wealthy. A new variety originated by Peter M. Gideon, near St. Paul, Minn., from seed gathered in Maine about 1860... Fruit medium, oblate or roundish oblate, whitish yellow ground, shaded with deep rich crimson. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 7 Oct. 7/4 Seal of Quality Groceries. No. 1 Wealthy Apples, excellent, sound stock, in boxes containing about 40 lbs. 1944Chicago Daily News 25 Sept. 13/3 Right now Wealthies or Maiden's Blush are the choice varieties for cooking or pie. 1975New Yorker 11 Aug. 39/1 The five apples so suddenly swept from the general market were the Baldwin, the Wealthy, the Golden Grimes, the Ben Davis, and the Black Twig. |