gladn.1
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun]
merrinesseOE
gladnessc900
mirtheOE
playeOE
dreamOE
gladshipc975
lissOE
willOE
hightOE
blithenessc1000
gladc1000
winOE
blissc1175
delices?c1225
delight?c1225
joy?c1225
comfortc1230
listc1275
gladhead1303
daintyc1325
fainnessc1340
lightnessa1350
delectationc1384
delightingc1390
comfortationa1400
fainheada1400
blithec1400
fainc1400
delicacyc1405
gladsomeness1413
reveriea1425
joyousitiea1450
joyfulnessc1485
jucundity1536
joyousness1549
joc1560
delightfulness1565
jouissance1579
joyance1590
levitya1631
revelling1826
chuckle1837
joyancy1849
a song in one's heart1862
delightsomeness1866
c1000 Be Manna Wyrdum (Gr.-Wülk.) 68 Dryhten..dæleþ sumum earfeþa dæl, Sumum geogoþe glæd.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 3260 Al þus þen ended Þe breþere wrathe, Þer tene turned to game & glathe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17873 Þei seide for glad [Gött. wid gladnes] wiþ gretyng gle, ‘þis ilke liȝt forsoþe is he þat maker is of lastyng liȝt’.
c1440 Generydes 1255 When he was come and knewe that it was she, For very glad he wist not what to saye.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles v. 38 All perishen of man of pelfe, Ne ought escapend but himselfe; Till Fortune tir'd with doing bad, Threw him a shore, to giue him glad . View more context for this quotation
2. elliptical for glad-eye vb. at glad adj. 4d.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > amorous looks or demeanour > flirtatious look(s)
amorets1590
belgard1590
oeillade1592
sheep's eyes1604
belamour1610
oglea1668
whiting's eye1673
the glad eye1911
glad1927
1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 93 To give the glad-eye.., often abbreviated to the glad.
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. iii. 46 Like a lot of old birds giving the glad in the Circus, or the York Road, Waterloo, more likely.
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gladn.2
/ɡlad/, U.S. /ɡlæd/ colloquial.
= gladiolus n. Usually in plural.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > gladioli or freesia
gladiolec1420
corn-flag1578
corn-sedge1597
lily-grass1597
sword-grass1598
petty gladdon1601
sword-lily1786
Afrikaner1801
freesia1879
kalkoentjie1906
painted lady1906
Afrikander1913
glad1923
1923 Bull. Canad. Gladiolus Soc. 1 3 We shall have a membership of at least five hundred (500) active ‘Glad’ enthusiasts.
1923 Bull. Canad. Gladiolus Soc. 1 43 Cutting of Glads calls for a little discrimination.
1923 Bull. Canad. Gladiolus Soc. 1 44 The wonderful Shows..have placed the ‘Glad’ in the very forefront of flower culture.
1934 S. Robertson Devel. Mod. Eng. (1936) v. 120 Sometimes the problem of rival plural forms is resolved by retaining both..so it is with foci and focuses, gladioli and gladioluses. The last instance is further complicated by varying accentuation..hence some who have occasion to use the word dodge the issue altogether and say glads.
1949 O. Nash Versus 96 Who coined these words that strike me numb?..The cuke, the glad, the lope, the mum.
1969 ‘J. Fraser’ Cock-pit of Roses xx. 151 I think them's my irises..and I'm certain those are my glads because that's my knot on the raffia.
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gladadj.
/ɡlad/, U.S. /ɡlæd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective]
blithe971
gladOE
blithemod1065
jollya1350
well begonea1425
well-cheered1435
hearty1440
cheery1448
cheerfula1477
chereful1486
unsweera1500
cheerly1565
riant1567
hilaire1575
light-spirited1581
undistempered1589
comfortablea1593
well-humoured1600
good-humoured1604
rident1609
hoddy1664
chicket1682
mellow1711
blithesome1724
in spirits1747
winsome1787
hilarious1823
resilient1830
blithe-hearted1848
cheero1903
bucked1907
cheerio1918
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > radiant
shininga900
gladOE
steepa1000
lightsomea1382
freshlyc1426
prefulgentc1480
flagrant?a1500
radiant1509
glazed?1510
refulgent1528
bright-headeda1560
shone1595
tinsel1595
skinkling1790
epiphanous1823
foudroyant1860
OE Phoenix 289 Bið him edniwe þære sunnan segn, þonne swegles leoht, gimma gladost, ofer garsecg up, æþeltungla wyn, eastan lixeð.
OE Genesis 2720 Sealde him to bote..gangende feoh and glæd seolfor.
a1000 Solomon & Saturn 975 Oðer biþ golde glæ dra, oðer biþ grundum sweartra.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. iii Under theise braunches & theis bowes glade.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 168 Heylle, I cum to the with gold glade.
1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 366/1 Leues new..Some very red and some a glad light grene.
2. † b. Borne with cheerfulness. Obsolete. [Compare Latin laeta paupertas.] † c. glad with adj. Obsolete pleasant, kindly, affable to (a person).
a. Of persons: †cheerful, joyous, or merry in disposition (obsolete); joyful, happy (archaic). †to make glad: = ‘to make merry’.The sense in the first quot. is uncertain; it is probably a vague figurative use of sense 1, and may have meant ‘noble’, ‘glorious’, rather than ‘cheerful’; cf. bright adj. 10.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > of disposition, mind, or heart
gladc897
blithe971
lustya1225
joyousc1305
gladsomec1410
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective]
fainc888
gladlyc1000
golikc1175
gladful?c1225
joyfulc1290
joyousc1315
merryc1380
well begonea1425
frikec1430
rejoiced1533
delightful1534
rejoiceful1538
blitheful1559
gladded1569
blithelike1570
delighted1581
lighted1596
delighting1601
joyed1640
enjoying1651
gladdened1729
glad1799
like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829
joyant1834
bird-blithe1917
gassed1941
enthralled1944
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xliv. 322 Sanctus Paulus..cwæð þætte ðone gladan giefan [L. hilarem datorem] God lufode.
OE Beowulf 58 Heold þenden lifde gamol ond guðreouw glæde Scyldingas.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3496 Æuer wes þe king glad. & æuere he gomen luueden [c1300 Otho louede].
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 366/2 Faire man and noble he was, and glad and of swete mode.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2297 In fulsum-hed he wurðen glaðe.
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxxvii. 705 While þou miȝt, make þe glad and muri! Lengor liueþ a glad mon þen a sori.
c1400 Gamelyn 470 I sitte fasting & oþer men make glade.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 332 To Parys can he ga And levyt yar full sympylly, Ye-quheyer he glaid was and ioly.
a1586 W. Dunbar in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 249 Be glaid in hart for ony eventure.
1702 R. Steele Funeral i. 4 Did not I give..Twenty shillings a Week, to be Sorrowful and the more I give you, I think, the Gladder you are.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 165 A day of luxury..When the glad soul is made heaven's welcome guest.
1799 W. Wordsworth Fountain xii Often, glad no more, We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore.
1865 R. Buchanan Sutherland's Pansies v There grew a..sadness in his tone When he was gladdest.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] > borne with cheerfulness
gladc1386
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 327 Glad pouerte is an honeste thyng certeyn.
ΚΠ
OE Beowulf 1173 Beo wið geatas glæd, geofena gemyndig.
c1000 Ælfric Genesis xliii. 14 Min drihten hine gedo glædne [L. placabilem] wið eow, þæt he agife eow eowerne broðor.
c1305 11,000 Virgins 121 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 69 Gladdest he was wiþ his soster..Þat heo scholde so ȝung & so clene suffrie deþes pyne.
d. Gay, fashionable. Cf. sense 4f. U.S. slang.
ΚΠ
1911 L. J. Vance Cynthia 177 He's all there with the glad class, and everything like that.
3. Rejoiced, affected with pleasure by some particular cause; = fain adj. Now only predicative.In modern English (at least in prose use) the sense is much weaker than that which the word had in the older language, and which appears in the derivatives gladly, gladness. In general ‘pleased’ would now be an adequate synonym, while ‘delighted’ or ‘rejoiced’ suggest a much stronger feeling.
a. simply. (With the cause indicated contextually).
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c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John viii. 56 Abraham fæder iuer gefeade þætte gesege dæge minne & gesæh & gegladade vel glæd uæs.
a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 656 Ða þa kyning heorda þæt ge secgon, þa wærð he swiðe glæd.
a1225 Juliana 70 Ha herede godd in heouene, & warð swiðe gled [Bodl. MS. glead].
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 3817 Þe [v.r. Þo] king arthure hurde þis no gladdore mon nas.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 67 A gladere wommon vnder god no miȝt go on erþe, þan was þe wif wiþ þe child.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. x. 1 A wijs sone makith glad the fadir [1535 Coverdale and 1611 maketh a glad father].
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 476 Þan þai ware bathe glad and blithe.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 185 One thing in this miserie made me glad.
1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 116 As a wearied traueller..is then gladdest, when hee comes within kenning of his countrey.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 46 We were glad at heart.
1899 N.E.D. at Glad Mod. ‘Your friend has won his case.’ ‘Yes; I am very glad.’
b. with prep. glad of: †(a) made happy or joyful, delighted or pleased with (an object possessed) (obsolete); (b) = ‘glad to have or get’ (see 3d); (c) joyful on account of, delighted or pleased by (an event, a state of things). Also const. at (an event, usually one affecting another person, esp. unfavourably), for (archaic), †in, †with.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > joyful at or on account of something
gladc950
jocund?a1400
joyed1491
delighting1601
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke i. 14 And bið gifea ðe & glædnise & monigo in accennisse his biðon glæde.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3179 Elysabæþ Wass gladd inoh. & bliþe. Off hire dere child iohan.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1977 Þe king wes gled [c1300 Otho glade] for his kime & for þen cnihtes bet come mid hine.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3671 Moyses was bliðe an glað of ðis.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xvii. 5 He that is glad in the fallyng of another man [1611 He that is glad at calamities] schal not be vnpunyschid.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. liv. (1482) 38 He wepte ful tenderly..and netheles he was somdele glad of his deth.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cciiijv The kyng, glad of this victory, commaunded [etc.].
1585 Sir P. Sidney Let. 22 Nov. in Misc. Wks. (1829) 307 I fynd the people very glad of me.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. ii. 28 Why I am glad ont. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 15 Not a Courtier..hath a heart that is not Glad at the thing they scowle at. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 178 They gave us flesh to eat, whereof I was glad as of a dainty I could not get in Italy.
1625–6 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. 1165 And he sent me word that he was very glad with my safe arrival.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xii. 49 Garcia Holguin being a glad man of such a prisoner.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 531 The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile Blood.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 119 Madam, Dinner's upon the Table…Faith, I'm glad of it.
1784 F. Burney Diary 22 Apr. (1842) II. 310 I am so glad of seeing your sentiments, when I cannot hear them, that your letters are only less valuable to me than yourself.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 320 The Westminster boys were working an engine in the cloisters..D...said they were glad at the fire.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 36 When his heart is glad Of the full harvest.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 229 For life and love that has been, I am glad.
1874 G. W. Dasent Half a Life II. 201 I was glad at the sport.
c. With clause as complement: glad that, etc. In later usage chiefly with omission of that.
ΚΠ
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2811 He wass gladd Laffdiȝ. forr þatt tu come.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4676 An oðer halue he wes glæd þat his ifon weoren dæd.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 15 And she saide that she was gladder that she had do it [her hood] of to hym thanne to a lorde.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 724 Blyth and glaid yat yai war sua Eschapyt yai hidwys wawis fra.
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 71 I am glad you understand the reason of it.
a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 37 I am right glaide Thou art begun in write to flyte.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 58 Perseus, now a glad man, that the business had so succeeded according as he desired.
1683 W. Temple Mem. Introd., in Wks. (1731) I. 374 I am the gladder..that my publick Imployment should contribute something to your Entertainment.
1855 Ld. Houghton Let. Sept. in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. xi. 527 I am glad I came, as Lord E. is very low.
1884 J. H. Ewing Mary's Meadow (1886) 37 I am very glad you like it.
d. With infinitive: Happy, delighted, pleased to (do, be, etc.); also, well content to (do, have, etc. something in default of better). In modern use frequently in the phrases I am glad to hear, see (etc.); also, I should be glad to (hear, know, etc.) with sarcastic force.
ΚΠ
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 320 Thise ladyes were nat right glad To handle hir clothes wher Inne she was clad.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19396 Oþes þenne to hem þei made To do hit were þei wondir glade.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6372 To wyn away he was full glad.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bv Euery christen man and woman..shulde be..the gladder to fulfyll his blessed wyll.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 261 Now [they are] glaid to get Peis breid and watter Caill.
1670 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 21 I received yours and am very glad to heare you are so merry with the musicke and danceing.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 52. ⁋3 We shall be heartily glad to see your short face in Oxford.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. iii. 30 I should be glad to know where you have received your intelligence?
1814 D. H. O'Brien Narr. Captiv. & Escape 16 And told us that we ought to have been glad to have got any thing.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 164 He was glad to turn away from the stage and to talk about publick affairs.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 298 I was glad to see the mangrove-belt.
4. † c. Welcome, acceptable. Obsolete. rare.
a. Of feelings, looks, actions, etc.: Filled with, marked by, or expressive of joy or delight.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > expressive of joy (of looks or actions)
gladOE
joyousc1315
joyfula1400
gladsomea1420
merrya1425
gratulant1471
cock-a-hoop1826
OE Crist I 315 Him godes engel þurh glædne geþonc þa wisan onwrah.
c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) lii. 8 Þonne Iacob byð on glædum sælum, and Israelas ealle bliðe.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 57 Heo schal habbe leaue to..make sines toward hire of an gled chere.
a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 257 [He] þonkeð god ȝeorne wið swiðe glead heorte.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1038 So yong so lusty with hire eyen glade.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2535 Melchisedech wiþ wille glade Offryng of wyn & breed made.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 217/1 She aroos up peasibly with a glad visage.
1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 32 In gamis glaid he was rycht weill asswetit.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 178 Down he sat the King neir, And maid him glaid & gude cheir.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 291 Thither they Hasted with glad precipitance. View more context for this quotation
1696 N. Tate & N. Brady New Version Psalms of David cxlix. 1 O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad Voice.
1772 W. Jones Poems 32 The damsel wak'd; and, lost in glad surprize, Cast round the gay expanse her opening eyes.
1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia III. ii. xxvii. 269 Surely the discovery of your son should create gladder emotions.
1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems 214 Cold the elation of joy In his gladdest, airiest song.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 159 I was soon at the bottom..fairly out of danger, and full of glad vigour.
b. Of tidings, news, etc.: full of, or bringing, joy.
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society > communication > information > news or tidings > [adjective] > of tidings, news, etc. (full of or bringing joy)
glada1240
a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 257 Let him in..he bringeð us gleade tidinges.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 344 With glaid bodword thar myrthis till amend.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 13 Wch ys the gladdest news and ioy~fullest tydings.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke viii. 1 Shewing the glad tidings of the kingdome of God. View more context for this quotation
1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne vii. 131 It was a glad day for him and Effie when leave was got to sell coal in London by weight.
1872 C. Gibbon For King xxi You have given me the gladdest tidings, Johnstone, that I have heard for many days.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]
winsomea900
sweetc900
likingeOE
i-quemec950
lieflyOE
winlyOE
hereOE
thankfulc1000
merryOE
queemc1175
beina1200
willea1200
leesomec1200
savouryc1225
estea1250
i-wilc1275
winc1275
welcomea1300
doucea1350
well-pleasingc1350
acceptablea1382
pleasablea1382
pleasanta1382
pleaseda1382
acceptedc1384
amiablec1384
well-likinga1387
queemfulc1390
flattering1393
pleasinga1398
well-queeminga1400
comelyc1400
farrandc1400
greable1401
goodlyc1405
amicable?a1425
placablec1429
amene1433
winful1438
listyc1440
dulcet1445
agreeablec1450
favourousc1485
sweetly?a1500
pleasureful?c1502
dulcea1513
grate1523
prettya1529
plausible1541
jolly1549
dulcoratec1550
toothsome1551
pleasurable1557
tickling1558
suavec1560
amenous1567
odoriferous?1575
perfumed1580
glada1586
tickle1593
pleasurous1595
favoursome1601
dulcean1606
gratifying1611
Hyblaean1614
gratulatea1616
arrident1616
solacefula1618
pleasantable1619
placid1628
contentsome1632
sapid1640
canny1643
gustful1647
peramene1657
pergrateful1657
tastefula1659
complacent1660
placentiousa1661
gratifactorya1665
bland1667
suavious1669
palatable1683
placent1683
complaisant1710
nice1747
tasty1796
sweetsome1799
titbit1820
connate1836
cunning1843
mooi1850
gemütlich1852
sympathique1859
congenial1878
sympathetic1900
sipid1908
onkus1910
sympathisch1911
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. sig. M7 Her conuersation More gladde to me, then to a miser monie is.
d. the glad eye: a look or movement of the eyes designed to attract a person of the opposite sex; hence glad-eye v. transitive to give (someone) the glad eye. colloquial.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > amorous looks or demeanour > flirtatious look(s)
amorets1590
belgard1590
oeillade1592
sheep's eyes1604
belamour1610
oglea1668
whiting's eye1673
the glad eye1911
glad1927
1911 Punch 22 Nov. 382/2 The lover, the elderly philanderer, the girl with the glad eye.
1913 ‘I. Hay’ Happy-go-lucky ii Miss Welwyn..from the safe harbourage of her mother's arms, was endeavouring to administer to him what is technically known, I believe, as The Glad Eye.
1922 Daily Mail 13 Dec. 11 This is tantamount to cutting the owner of a bad horse on one side of the street and giving him the glad eye on the other.
1923 W. L. George Hail, Columbia! iv. 119 I have never seen an American girl give to a man in the street what the English call the ‘glad eye’.
1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. xvi. 150 Purves..‘glad~eyeing’ Hetty, trying ‘to get off with her’.
1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer ii. i. 189 I do see her giving the glad eye to Pete.
e. glad hand (frequently used somewhat ironically): (the) hand of welcome; a cordial handshake or greeting; a welcome; esp. in to give (someone) the glad hand; also attributive; hence glad-hand v. transitive to greet cordially, to welcome, to please; also intransitive. glad-handed adj. glad-hander n. one who gives people the glad hand; one who acts cordially towards everybody. glad-handing n. and adj. colloquial (originally U.S.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome
welcomec1000
faina1300
to make joyc1300
to bid welcomea1400
to bid, wish (a person) welcome (home)a1400
gratulate?1567
bewelcome1582
greet1608
to give (someone) the glad hand1895
glad-hand1895
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > gesture > handshake
handygriping1577
wring1605
handshaking1647
shruga1653
hand-griping1700
shake1712
shake-hands1800
handshake1802
handgrip1837
pump-handler1844
glad hand1895
1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Dec. 116 Give the glad hand, to welcome.
1896 G. Ade Artie i. 4 She meets me at the door, puts out the glad hand and says: ‘Hang up your lid and come into the game.’
1903 G. Ade People you Know 175 Every time he started down town he would have to zigzag so as to cover both sides of the street and glad-hand all his Acquaintances.
1908 J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 11 Glad hand, handshake without any real friendship behind it.
1911 H. S. Harrison Queed ii. 14 Mr. Bylash didn't go out to give her the glad hand, and welcome her into our humble coturee.
1929 C. E. Merriam Chicago 275 One type is the good fellow,..the glad hander, whose chief reliance is the cultivation of the personal friendship of individuals and the acquaintance with all sorts of groups and societies.
1930 Time & Tide 11 Oct. 1256 He makes a habit of cutting out glad-hand phrases and smooth generalities.
1939 A. A. Michie & F. Ryhlick Dixie Demagogues x. 207 Happy was stumping the hinterlands, glad-handing, back-slapping, and singing.
1945 W. H. Auden Sea & Mirror ii. 55 Such are the alternative routes, the facile glad-handed highway or the virtuous averted track.
1957 M. Gair Sapphires on Wednesday ix. 114 He was probably quite a kindly old geezer..but a professional glad-hander.
1958 Economist 8 Nov. 492/2 General de Gaulle has stood aloof from the backslapping and glad handing.
1959 New Statesman 17 Jan. 62/2 Crude economic reasons do not explain why Mikoyan should have been given the glad hand.
1960 Guardian 8 Dec. 9/7 The glad-handing undertaker loves his job because ‘it makes you feel closer to people’.
f. glad rags (occasionally glad clothes): (one's) best clothes; very smart or fancy clothes; spec. formal evening dress. colloquial (originally U.S.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > best
best beseen1602
best1708
best bib and tucker1747
war-paint1859
glad rags1902
bezzies1966
1902 ‘D. Dix’ Fables of Elite 72 All the Females Assembled in their Glad Rags and proceeded to go through their particular Stunts for his Benefit.
1904 Daily Chron. 6 Oct. 8/2 Donning an elaborate evening frock—the slangy American girl calls it ‘gettin' into her glad rags’.
1905 Daily Chron. 11 Jan. 4/5 Only when starvation stares him in the face will he relinquish his ‘glad clothes’, as the cowboys call them.
1907 N. Munro Daft Days vii. 60 ‘There's a big garden-party to be at it—’ ‘My! I guess I'll put on my best glad rags.’
1916 J. Farnol Definite Obj. iii ‘Are you comin' wi' me, sir?’ inquired Spike... ‘I surely am.’ ‘But—but not in them glad rags?’ and Spike pointed to Mr. Ravenslee's exquisitely tailored garments.
1922 H. B. Hermon-Hodge Up against it in Nigeria v. 76 We all turned out in our glad rags to join in the procession.
1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xii. 143 All dolled up in glad rags,..They call you Glad Rag Doll!
5. † b. Fertile, flourishing (= Latin lætus). Obsolete. rare.
a. Of inanimate nature or its conditions: full of brightness or beauty; suggesting feelings of cheerfulness and delight.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > quality of causing joy or delight > [adjective] > suggestive of joy or delight (of inanimate nature)
gladsome1513
glad1667
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 386 Glad Eevning & glad Morn crownd the fourth day. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 147 Mighty Cæsar..On the glad Earth the Golden Age renews, And his great Father's Path to Heav'n pursues. View more context for this quotation
1700 M. Prior Carmen Sæculare 14 Let her glad Vallies smile with ripen'd Corn.
1712 T. Tickell Spectator No. 410. ⁋6 It wants no Glad Perfume Arabia yields In all her Citron Groves, and spicy Fields.
a1790 W. Cowper Morning Dream 1 'Twas in the glad season of spring.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. viii. iii. 155 The glad sun lifting himself gorgeously from the hills, revived his wearied spirit.
1853 C. Brontë Villette I. iv. 71 What a living spring—what a warm, glad summer.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Ballad of Life 2 Full of sweet trees and colour of glad grass.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > fertile or rich
goodOE
fruitfula1300
gladc1420
unlean?1440
richa1522
batwell1534
battle?1542
luxuriant?c1550
yielding1556
gleby1566
yieldable1577
hearty1580
yieldy1598
liking1600
well-natured1600
lusty1601
growthsome1610
thankful1610
pregnant1615
in heart1626
grateful1832
fatty1855
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 8 In placis glade [and lene], in placis drie The medis clensid tyme is now to make.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 186 They [lettuces] that thynnest stondith beth gladdest.
6. dialect. (See quots.)Cf. Swedish dialect glad ‘open’, said e.g. of a door which does not shut closely. In some English dialects glid and gleg are found in the same sense.
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1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 31 Glad, is spoken of Doors, Bolts, &c. that go smoothly and loosely.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Glad, smooth, easy. A screw turns too glad when the hole is too large.
7. quasi-adv.= gladly adv. poetic.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adverb]
gladlyc900
hightlyOE
blithelyc1000
merryOE
joyfullyc1330
gamelya1375
glada1400
merrilyc1400
joyinglyc1430
gladfully?c1450
joyously1474
deliciously1481
gladsomely1487
mirthfully1508
delightfully?1567
delightingly1602
delightedly1654
on wings1859
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 13697 To þe temple he ȝode. for to teyche..þe men atte glad walde him here.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 110 How glaid that euer I dyne or sowp.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 601 He saw the king was engreuit, and gat furth glaid.
1727 J. Thomson Summer 34 The Heart beats glad.
c1790 W. Cowper Needless Alarm 62 He..knows..How glad they catch the largess of the skies.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
glad-cheered adj.
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c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9752 Doughtiest knyght at alle nedes..Glad-chered, louely, & lordlyest of alle.
glad-eyed adj.
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1878 J. G. Whittier Vision of Echard 59 The freedom of the unshamed wind Among the glad-eyed flowers.
glad-flowing adj.
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1818 L. Hunt Epist. B. Field 76 And then taking our food, 'Tis exercise turns it to glad-flowing blood.
glad-hearted adj.
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1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1874) 243 The loving constant service of the glad-hearted girl.
glad-sad adj.
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1604 M. Drayton Moyses i. 5 The glad-sad parents full of ioy and care Faine would reserue their Infant if they could.
1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue 354 This Hymn shee sings with glad-sad warbling voice.
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. O. de La Noue Profit Imprisonm. 630 Whose glad-sad crosse conflicts afflict him day and night.
glad-surviving adj.
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1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iii. i. 57 Our only glad-suruiuing hopes, The noble issue of Germanicus. View more context for this quotation
C2. † glad-milch adj. Obsolete giving milk freely (of cows; cf. quot. 1883).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [adjective] > yielding milk
milchc1300
milky1557
new-milch1569
milkful1589
glad-milch1601
milchy1606
blithe1656
in milk1797
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. ix. 317 The bigger bodied beasts be more glad-milch.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Gladmelshed, said of a cow which loses her milk even as she lies down.]
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gladv.
/ɡlad/, U.S. /ɡlæd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)]
fainc888
blissc897
gladc950
hightOE
spilea1000
make mirthc1225
playc1225
gladdena1300
to make joyc1300
joisec1320
joya1325
rejoyc1350
enjoyc1380
to be joyeda1382
mirtha1400
gloryc1400
rejoicec1405
enjoysec1470
triumph1535
exult1593
to take joya1616
gratify1811
tripudiate1891
kvell1940
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John viii. 56 Abraham..gegladade [Rushw. gladade] vel glæd wæs.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 442 Ne gladige on þæt noþer ne cyning ne worul(d)rica.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 263 Blissið ou & gladieð.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2201 Þa Brennes hauede ihirde his hirde-manne lare. þa gladede is mod.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter ix. 2 I sall be fayn & i sall glade in þe.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxx. 5 In his lif he saȝ, and gladide in hym [a1425 L.V. and was glad in hym].
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxviii. 66/1 Man byrde & beste begynne to gladde for Joye of the lyght.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. vii. 67 Myrth I make till all men..And warn theym that thay glad.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ff4 Absence shall not take thee from mine eyes, nor afflictions shall barre mee from gladding in thy good.
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 520 The one as a friend glading in his presence.
1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. D4 Gladst thou in such scorne, I call my wish backe.
2.
a. transitive. To make glad, to cause to rejoice. archaic.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice over or at [verb (transitive)] > cause to rejoice
gladc825
jubilate1604
c825 Vesp. Psalter ciii. 15 Win geblissað heortan monnes ðæt he gleadie onsiene in ele.
c1000 Ælfric Leviticus i. 3 Bringe he..an unwemme oxancelf..drihten mid to gladienne [L. ad placandum sibi dominum].
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 97 He us fette ut of helle wowe and þermide us gledede.
c1230 Hali Meid. 27 Streon of feire children þat gladien muchel þe ealdren.
1352 L. Minot Poems v. 53 Þe gude Erle of Glowceter, God mot him glade.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 170 And gaf hym golde..that gladded his herte.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3795 Wel was he gladed o þis sight.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3089 Now last herd ȝe how crist gladide oure faders in helle.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kvi Care nat for dremes, for they gladdeth none but foles.
1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. B3v At length we land far off descryde: Which sight much gladed me.
1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. B2v It glads my hart to thinke vpon the slaue.
1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) i. 10 When thou shalt heare the misfortunes of an other, shew not thy selfe gladed for it.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 261 They were greatly gladded thereat. View more context for this quotation
1749 T. Smollett Regicide ii. i. 16 By Heav'n it glads me, that my Sword shall find An ample Field to Day.
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III i. 4 The hour's gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.
1867 Sat. Rev. 6 July 23/2 Here the Chorus..trills a downright English song that glads the heart.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 326 Yet shame of me, That I should dull the joy that gladdeth thee.
b. transferred.
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1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. x. sig. Hh7v Like to a flowre, that feeles no heate of sunne, Which may her feeble leaues with comfort glade . View more context for this quotation
1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. D5 Tis as when a flash of light, Breakes from heauen to glad the night.
1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xiv, in Steps to Temple 55 Greene vigour Gladding the Scythian Rocks, and Libian sands.
1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 412 Those causes which have fertilized and gladded the Vallies of our Israel.
1709 A. Pope Autumn in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. vi. 743 Now bright Arcturus glads the teeming Grain.
3. reflexive. To rejoice. Obsolete exc. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (reflexive)]
blissc1175
joyc1260
joisec1320
glad1340
rejoicec1400
enjoysec1470
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 238 Þe dyeulen ham gledieþ huanne hi moȝe ouercome..ane guodne man.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 258 Ne glede þe naȝt ine uayr ssroud.
c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 601 Alle thyng repeirynge to his kynde Gladeth hym self.
c1500 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 110 I recomend me unto your mastership..ever me glad to here of your prosperytie.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. ii. 401 All men gladded themselves with this conclusion.
1871 R. Browning Balaustion 28 I glad me in my honors too!
4. intransitive. [ < glad clothes at glad adj. 4f.] To dress up.
ΚΠ
1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd ii. 32 Some that..know cow-science so well they don't have to glad up in cowboy's clothes..to make folks think they're range broke.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective]
fainc888
gladlyc1000
golikc1175
gladful?c1225
joyfulc1290
joyousc1315
merryc1380
well begonea1425
frikec1430
rejoiced1533
delightful1534
rejoiceful1538
blitheful1559
gladded1569
blithelike1570
delighted1581
lighted1596
delighting1601
joyed1640
enjoying1651
gladdened1729
glad1799
like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829
joyant1834
bird-blithe1917
gassed1941
enthralled1944
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 3 Then the ioyfull Kentishe men did conduct the gladded Normanes.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. i. sig. H When a Rich Crowne ha's newly kiss'd the Temples of a gladded King.
1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer 5 A thousand gladded mouthes will speak the contrary.
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