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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking or showing a lack of due concern;
- Example: "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation"

2. carefree and happy and lighthearted;
- Example: "was loved for her blithe spirit"
- Example: "a merry blithesome nature"
- Example: "her lighthearted nature"
- Example: "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
[syn: blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blithe \Blithe\ (bl[imac][th]), a. [AS. bl[imac][eth]e blithe,
   kind; akin to Goth. blei[thorn]s kind, Icel. bl[imac][eth]r
   mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe, OHG.
   bl[imac]di kind, blithe.]
   Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe
   spirit.
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         The blithe sounds of festal music.       --Prescott.
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         A daughter fair,
         So buxom, blithe, and debonair.          --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blithe
    adj 1: lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with
           blithe ignorance of the true situation"
    2: carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her
       blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her
       lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
       [syn: blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome,
       light-hearted]