glad

Definition of glad

5 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(predicative, usually)Pleased; happy; gratified.

“I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.”
“I'm always glad to be of service.”
“I was glad of receiving the tent in time for the camping trip.”
“I am glad of you. And so I have been since our first encounter.”
“I'm very glad at this decision because we'd been on the ropes for a while.”

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adj

(predicative, usually)Pleased; happy; gratified.

“I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.”
“I'm always glad to be of service.”
“I was glad of receiving the tent in time for the camping trip.”
“I am glad of you. And so I have been since our first encounter.”
“I'm very glad at this decision because we'd been on the ropes for a while.”
(obsolete, predicative, usually)Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.

“Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is.”
“Glad Eevening & glad morn crownd the fourth day.”

verb

(archaic, predicative, transitive, usually)To make glad.

“that which gladded all the warrior train”
“Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.”
“God that glads the lover's heart”

noun

(informal, predicative, usually)A gladiolus (plant).

“Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.”

name

A diminutive of the female given name Gladys.

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Etymology

From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).…

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From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.

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