prosperousadj.

Brit.

/ˈprɒsp(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈprɑsp(ə)rəs/

Forms: late Middle English prospereux, late Middle English prospus (transmission error), late Middle English–1500s prosperose, late Middle English–1500s prosperus, late Middle English–1600s prosperouse, late Middle English– prosperous, 1500s–1600s prosprous (poetic), 1500s–1600s prosp'rous (poetic), 1600s prousperous; Scottish pre-1700 prosperos, pre-1700 prosperus, pre-1700 prospoures, pre-1700 prosprus, pre-1700 prosseperowse, pre-1700 1700s– prosperous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prosper , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin prosper prosper adj. + -ous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin prosperosus prosperous, successful (1432 in a British source), Middle French prosperous (1460), prospereux (1470), Old Occitan prosperos , Catalan prosperós (1490), Italian prosperoso (a1292). Compare earlier prosper adj.

1. Promoting or conducing to success; bringing prosperity; favourable, auspicious, propitious. Now archaic. prosperous for: conducive to; likely to bring about.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > conducive to prosperity

prosperousc1425

prosper1513

prosperable1611

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adjective] > types of wind for sailing

fairlOE

contraryc1384

favourablec1460

prosperous1555

scant1600

crossa1617

baffling1778

adverse1807

following1839

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 43 (MED) Certeyne shypmen at sandwyche, glad and mery with a prosperous cowrse, forowid the dowtable see.

1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 273 (MED) Goodis be had in habundaunce & prosperous chauncis be falle.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 121 (MED) Þouȝ þese deedis of þis secund maner be prosperose aȝens þe ydilnesse and veynnesse of þe first maner, ȝit þei ben ydil and veyn.

a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 14 (MED) If thow bihold stidefastly into god, althynges shuln be prosperous to the wherever thow goest.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 247^v We sayled euer with prosperous wynde.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 To try what kinde of flesh-meat was most nutritiue prosperous with a mans body.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. vi. f. 51 With prosperous windes they arriued in Sicilie.

1669 J. Fletcher Island Princess (1982) ii. ii Our prosperous passage was an omen to us, A lucky and faire omen.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Eudæmon, the Eleventh House of a Celestial Figure, so call'd by Astrologers, upon account of its good and prosperous Significations.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. x. 1697 We..had a prosperous gale, and plenty of provisions.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 237 A prosperous hour shall bring to thee happy returning.

1917 S. Sassoon Morning Express in Old Huntsman 57 To view the world like kings taking the seas In prosperous weather.

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxx. 371 Hit looks more prosperous for a shower ever' minute.

1991 Jrnl. Relig. 71 188 [In the imagery of St Augustine] voyagers aboard should attend to the anchor of faith, the ropes of virtue..and the prosperous wind of God's word.

2. Having continued success or good fortune; consistently successful, esp. economically; flourishing, thriving. (Now the usual sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective]

i-selic888

wealyc893

blaed-fastOE

i-sundfulc1000

full-thrivenc1175

well-donea1200

wealfulc1230

i-selec1275

neotsumc1275

prosperc1350

wealsomea1382

well begonea1393

prosperable?c1422

thriftyc1440

prosperousc1450

quartful?c1475

wealthyc1480

wella1500

prospering1587

felicious1599

thriving1607

felicitous1641

prospered1651

well-faring1712

well-doing1800

made-up1956

c1450 St. Edward Confessor (BL Add. 35298) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 5 And þe reame shalle be prosperus in alle thyngis.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 30/2 The first yere of your moost prospereux reigne.

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2390 (MED) And as longe as these spiritis three Contynew in man in theire prosperite, So longe the sowle with-owte al stryfe wil dwel with the bodie in prosperous lyfe.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Aii^v I according to my bound and duety shall pray to God for your long life and prosperous Raygne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 32 The Battailes of the Lord of Hosts he fought: The Churches Prayers made him so prosperous .

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 88 In this same plaine and prosperous way of emulation.

1672 J. Dryden Of Heroique Playes in Conquest Granada i. sig. B2^v I have already swept the stakes; and with the common good fortune of prosperous Gamesters, can be content to sit quietly.

1729 W. Law Serious Call iii. 37 Penitens was a busy, notable tradesman, and very prosperous in his dealings.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. l. 193 In the most prosperous state of his fortune, he was always the very man he is at present.

1816 J. Austen Emma III. xi. 188 She would soon be well, and happy, and prosperous .

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 7 Political Economy inquires into the causes which make one nation more rich and prosperous than another.

1938 E. Waugh Scoop i. ii. 32 Once or twice when Mrs. Salter complained of being run down, they had visited prosperous resorts on the East Coast.

1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania i. 11 If I said New Zealand seemed prosperous they claimed it was dying on its feet.

2003 J. Flanders Victorian House (2004) vii. 232 In prosperous families, dressing bells rang some time before dinner to mark the moment when all were expected to retire to change for the meal.

Compounds

prosperous-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1820 T. Hodgskin Trav. N. Germany I. viii. 292 Friezland, after Hadeln, is the most prosperous looking part of Germany.

1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 31 ‘But, Lilias, you are well dressed, and prosperous-looking,’ said the man.

1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) xiv. 183 The dike runs right through the grounds of Newmarket Racecourse..and thence on through prosperous-looking horse country.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prosperous
释义	prosperousadj. Brit. /ˈprɒsp(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈprɑsp(ə)rəs/ Forms: late Middle English prospereux, late Middle English prospus (transmission error), late Middle English–1500s prosperose, late Middle English–1500s prosperus, late Middle English–1600s prosperouse, late Middle English– prosperous, 1500s–1600s prosprous (poetic), 1500s–1600s prosp'rous (poetic), 1600s prousperous; Scottish pre-1700 prosperos, pre-1700 prosperus, pre-1700 prospoures, pre-1700 prosprus, pre-1700 prosseperowse, pre-1700 1700s– prosperous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prosper , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin prosper prosper adj. + -ous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin prosperosus prosperous, successful (1432 in a British source), Middle French prosperous (1460), prospereux (1470), Old Occitan prosperos , Catalan prosperós (1490), Italian prosperoso (a1292). Compare earlier prosper adj. 1. Promoting or conducing to success; bringing prosperity; favourable, auspicious, propitious. Now archaic. prosperous for: conducive to; likely to bring about. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > conducive to prosperity prosperousc1425 prosper1513 prosperable1611 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adjective] > types of wind for sailing fairlOE contraryc1384 favourablec1460 prosperous1555 scant1600 crossa1617 baffling1778 adverse1807 following1839 c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 43 (MED) Certeyne shypmen at sandwyche, glad and mery with a prosperous cowrse, forowid the dowtable see. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 273 (MED) Goodis be had in habundaunce & prosperous chauncis be falle. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 121 (MED) Þouȝ þese deedis of þis secund maner be prosperose aȝens þe ydilnesse and veynnesse of þe first maner, ȝit þei ben ydil and veyn. a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 14 (MED) If thow bihold stidefastly into god, althynges shuln be prosperous to the wherever thow goest. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 247^v We sayled euer with prosperous wynde. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 To try what kinde of flesh-meat was most nutritiue prosperous with a mans body. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. vi. f. 51 With prosperous windes they arriued in Sicilie. 1669 J. Fletcher Island Princess (1982) ii. ii Our prosperous passage was an omen to us, A lucky and faire omen. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Eudæmon, the Eleventh House of a Celestial Figure, so call'd by Astrologers, upon account of its good and prosperous Significations. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. x. 1697 We..had a prosperous gale, and plenty of provisions. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 237 A prosperous hour shall bring to thee happy returning. 1917 S. Sassoon Morning Express in Old Huntsman 57 To view the world like kings taking the seas In prosperous weather. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxx. 371 Hit looks more prosperous for a shower ever' minute. 1991 Jrnl. Relig. 71 188 [In the imagery of St Augustine] voyagers aboard should attend to the anchor of faith, the ropes of virtue..and the prosperous wind of God's word. 2. Having continued success or good fortune; consistently successful, esp. economically; flourishing, thriving. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] i-selic888 wealyc893 blaed-fastOE i-sundfulc1000 full-thrivenc1175 well-donea1200 wealfulc1230 i-selec1275 neotsumc1275 prosperc1350 wealsomea1382 well begonea1393 prosperable?c1422 thriftyc1440 prosperousc1450 quartful?c1475 wealthyc1480 wella1500 prospering1587 felicious1599 thriving1607 felicitous1641 prospered1651 well-faring1712 well-doing1800 made-up1956 c1450 St. Edward Confessor (BL Add. 35298) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 5 And þe reame shalle be prosperus in alle thyngis. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 30/2 The first yere of your moost prospereux reigne. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2390 (MED) And as longe as these spiritis three Contynew in man in theire prosperite, So longe the sowle with-owte al stryfe wil dwel with the bodie in prosperous lyfe. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Aii^v I according to my bound and duety shall pray to God for your long life and prosperous Raygne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 32 The Battailes of the Lord of Hosts he fought: The Churches Prayers made him so prosperous . View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 88 In this same plaine and prosperous way of emulation. 1672 J. Dryden Of Heroique Playes in Conquest Granada i. sig. B2^v I have already swept the stakes; and with the common good fortune of prosperous Gamesters, can be content to sit quietly. 1729 W. Law Serious Call iii. 37 Penitens was a busy, notable tradesman, and very prosperous in his dealings. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. l. 193 In the most prosperous state of his fortune, he was always the very man he is at present. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. xi. 188 She would soon be well, and happy, and prosperous . View more context for this quotation 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 7 Political Economy inquires into the causes which make one nation more rich and prosperous than another. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop i. ii. 32 Once or twice when Mrs. Salter complained of being run down, they had visited prosperous resorts on the East Coast. 1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania i. 11 If I said New Zealand seemed prosperous they claimed it was dying on its feet. 2003 J. Flanders Victorian House (2004) vii. 232 In prosperous families, dressing bells rang some time before dinner to mark the moment when all were expected to retire to change for the meal. Compounds prosperous-looking adj. ΚΠ 1820 T. Hodgskin Trav. N. Germany I. viii. 292 Friezland, after Hadeln, is the most prosperous looking part of Germany. 1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 31 ‘But, Lilias, you are well dressed, and prosperous-looking,’ said the man. 1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) xiv. 183 The dike runs right through the grounds of Newmarket Racecourse..and thence on through prosperous-looking horse country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1425
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