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prosperity|prɒˈspɛrɪtɪ|
[ME. a. F. prospérité (prosperitet a 1140 in Littré), ad. L. prosperitās, -tātem good fortune, success, prosperity, f. prosper, prosper-us: see prosper a. and -ity.]
The condition of being prosperous, successful, or thriving; good fortune, success, well-being.
a1225Ancr. R. 194 Uor þe uttre uondunge is mislicunge in aduersite, & ine prosperite þet limpeð to sunne. 1382Wyclif 1 Macc. ii. 47 The werk hadde prosperite in her hondis. 1406Hoccleve La male regle 34 Prosperitee is blynd, & see ne may. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxxx. 11 God giue the guid prosperitie, Fair fortoun and felicitie. 1607Shakes. Cor. ii. i. 188 You haue, I know, petition'd all the Gods for my prosperitie. 1638Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II.) 68 A Moderatour in prosperitie; and a guide in adversitie. 1795Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 284 Prosperity is not apt to receive good lessons, nor always to give them. 1862Ruskin Unto this Last iv. 143 The prosperity of any nation is in exact proportion to the quantity of labour which it spends in obtaining and employing means of life. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §2. 357 The cause which prosperity had ruined revived in the dark hour of persecution.
b. pl. Instances of prosperity, prosperous circumstances.
1340Ayenb. 24 Þe guodes of hap byeþ heȝnesses, richesses, delices, and prosperites. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus, Ann. vi. v. (1622) 128 The vitious and bad triumph with so great prosperities. 1632Sir T. Hawkins tr. Mathieu's Unhappy Prosperitie 231 Shewing all prosperities of the world were but trifles, and counterfet gems, compared with eternall felicitie. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh ii. 467 What then, indeed, If mortals are not greater by the head Than any of their prosperities?
c. attrib. and Comb.
1647Trapp Comm. Mark iv. 17 These are prosperity-proselytes, holy-day servants,..neuter passive Christians. 1889Standard 16 Apr., The Budget which Mr. Goschen introduced..might have been a ‘Prosperity’ Budget, had the requirements of the country been normal. 1901Lady's Realm X. 655/2 Households, who shall watch the prosperity-bringing fire with mingled joy and awe. |