Happy Emotions COPY Flashcards
riant
laughing; smiling; merry; cheerful
Word origin of ‘riant’
Fr, prp. of rire < L ridere, to laugh: see ridicule
funny
adjective
- causing laughter; laughable; amusing; humorous
- Informal
a. out of the ordinary; strange; queer
b. deceptive or tricky
Someone or something that is funny is amusing and likely to make you smile or laugh.
humorous
adjective
- causing lighthearted laughter and amusement; comic: “a humorous and entertaining talk”
▪ having or showing a sense of humor: “his humorous gray eyes”
In ancient and medieval physiology, “any of the four body fluids” (blood, phlegm, choler, and melancholy or black bile) whose relative proportions were thought to determine physical condition and state of mind.
This led to a sense of “mood, temporary state of mind” (first recorded 1520s);
the sense of “amusing quality, funniness, jocular turn of mind” is first recorded 1680s, probably via sense of “whim, caprice” as determined by state of mind (1560s), which also produced the verb sense of “indulge (someone’s) fancy or disposition.”
hilarious
adjective
- noisily merry; boisterous and joyous
- producing great merriment; very funny
hilarity (n.)
mid-15c., from Latin hilaritatem (nominative hilaritas) “cheerfulness, gaiety, merriment,” from hilaris “cheerful, merry,” from Greek hilaros “cheerful, merry, joyous,” related to hilaos “graceful, kindly,” and possibly from a suffixed form of the PIE root *sel- (2) “happy, of good mood” (see silly). In ancient Rome, Hilaria (neuter plural of hilaris) were a class of holidays, times of pomp and rejoicing; there were public ones in honor of Cybele at the spring equinoxes as well as private ones on the day of a marriage or a son’s birth.
giggly
agrin
adverb
in a grinning manner
laughing
- that laughs or appears to laugh a laughing brook
- uttered with laughter a laughing remark
giddy
adjective
inconstant; fickle, impulsive; scatterbrained
frivolous; flighty; heedless
If you feel giddy with delight or excitement, you feel so happy or excited that you find it hard to think or act normally.
ME gidie < OE gydig, insane, prob. < base (*gud) of god, god + -ig (see -y3): hence, basic meaning “possessed by a god”
droll
adjective
amusing in a quaint or odd manner; comical
droll (adj.)
1620s, from French drôle “odd, comical, funny” (1580s), in Middle French a noun meaning “a merry fellow,” possibly from Middle Dutch drol “fat little fellow, goblin,” or Middle High German trolle “clown,”
ultimately from Old Norse troll “giant, troll”
risible
having a tendency to laugh
risible (adj.)
1550s, “given to laughter,” from Middle French risible (14c.) and directly from Late Latin risibilis “laughable, able to laugh,” from Latin risus, past participle of ridere “to laugh,” a word which, according to de Vaan, “has no good PIE etymology.” Meaning “capable of exciting laughter, comical” is from 1727.
bonhomous
full of cheerful friendliness:
*** homiedervice from homme (man)
homme derives from the IEP *dhghem- root meaning “earth.”
compare idiom: down to earth
bonhomie (n.)
“frank and simple good nature,” 1803, from French bonhomie “good nature, easy temper,” from bonhomme “good man” (with unusual loss of -m-), from bon “good” (see bon) + homme “man,” from Latin homo “man” (see homunculus). The native equivalent is goodman. Bonhomme “member of an order of begging friars” is from 1620s.
bon (adj.)
French, literally “good” (adj.), from Latin bonus “good” (see bonus). It has crossed the Channel in phrases such as bon appétit, literally “good appetite” (1860); bon-ton “good style” (1744); bon mot (1735), etc. Compare boon, bonhomie.
*dhghem-
Proto-Indo-European root meaning “earth.”
It forms all or part of: antichthon; autochthon; autochthonic; bonhomie; bridegroom; camomile; chameleon; chernozem; chthonic; exhume; homage; hombre; homicide; hominid; Homo sapiens; homunculus; human; humane; humble; humiliate; humility; humus; inhumation; inhume; nemo; ombre; omerta.
It is the hypothetical source of Sanskrit ksam- “earth” (opposed to “sky”); Greek khthon “the earth, solid surface of the earth,” khamai “on the ground;” Latin humus “earth, soil,” humilis “low;” Lithuanian žeme, Old Church Slavonic zemlja “earth;” Old Irish du, genitive don “place,” earlier “earth.”
jocund
marked by high spirits and lively mirthfulness
Middle English, from Late Latin jocundus, alteration of Latin jucundus, from juvare to help
late 14c., “pleasing, gracious; joyful,” from Old French jocond or directly from Late Latin iocundus (source of Spanish jocunde, Italian giocondo), variant (influenced by iocus “joke”) of Latin iucundus “pleasant, agreeable,” originally “helpful,” contraction of *iuvicundus, from iuvare “to please, benefit, help, give strength, support,” which is from a PIE source perhaps related to the root of iuvenis “young person” (see young (adj.)).
carefree
adjective
without worry or responsibility; free from troubles
OE caru: “sorrow, anxiety, grief,”
from PIE root *gar- “cry out, call, scream
airy
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
someone’s behaviour which is light-hearted and casual about things which some people take seriously.
Giving them an airy wave of his hand, the Commander sailed past.
graded adverb [ADVERB with verb]
‘I’ll be all right,’ he said airily. ‘Getting a new job won’t be a problem’
amazed
filled with incredulity or surprise
- I was absolutely amazed.*
- More than 50 amazed onlookers witnessed the brawl.*
- He said most of the cast was amazed by the play’s success.*
- I was amazed that I managed to do it.*
verb: amaze to overwhelm or confound with sudden surprise or wonder
amused
adjective
1. believing something to have a humorous quality
He was not amused.
Sara was not amused by Franklin’s teasing.
We were amused to see how assiduously the animal groomed its fur.
She was smiling enigmatically as if amused by some private joke.
We were amused at the antics of the chimps.
He was most amused by the story.
2. pleasantly occupied
Having pictures to colour will keep children amused for hours.
Archie kept us amused with his stories.
from a “at, to” (from Latin ad, but here probably a causal prefix) + muser “ponder, stare fixedly. Literally: to cause to ponder
Original meaning was to divert attention away from serious things, and the word meant to decieve or cheat by first occupying someone’s attention.
astonished
adjective: to be filled with sudden wonder or great surprise; amazed
* Sometimes they look as if they are astonished to see you there, sometimes they just look cross.*
astonish (v.)
c. 1300, astonien, “to stun, strike senseless,” from Old French estoner “to stun, daze, deafen, astound,” from Vulgar Latin *extonare, from Latin ex “out” (see ex-) + tonare “to thunder” (see thunder (n.)); so, literally “to leave someone thunderstruck.” The modern form (influenced by English verbs in -ish, such as distinguish, diminish) is attested from 1520s. The meaning “amaze, shock with wonder” is from 1610s.
beatific
adjective
1. displaying great happiness, calmness, etc
a beatific smile
2. of, conferring, or relating to a state of celestial happiness
from beāre to bless + facere to make = To make blessed
bemused
adjective
1, to be puzzled, confused
2, to be plunged in thought; preocupied
body language: When the boy reluctantly handed his abysmal report card to his father, the man gazed at the failing grades and then looked up in the air with a bemsued expression wondering why all of the extra tutoring had failed. HIs son peered up at his father, who had inclined his head upwards with flaring nostrils, and felt disconsolate remorse at having disappointed him.
verb
If something bemuses you, it puzzles or confuses you.
The sheer quantity of detail would bemuse even the most clear-headed author
muse (v.) “to reflect, to be absorbed in thought
the be prefix here means thoroughly (intensifier)
literally “to stand with one’s nose in the air” related to the word muzzle. Possibly a metaphor borrowing the image of a dog sniffing the air after loosing the scent.
blissful
adjective
- serenely joyful or glad
- blissful ignorance - If someone is in blissful ignorance of something unpleasant or serious, they are totally unaware of it.
**blissful combines the feelings of joy with serenity, or peacefulness
in later Old English of spiritual joy, perfect felicity, the joy of heaven;
cavalier
adjective.
- free and easy
- casual or indifferent toward matters of some importance
- disdainful, showing a haughty disregard; arrogant; supercilious, offhand
content
adjective (postpositive)
1. mentally or emotionally satisfied with things as they are
2. assenting to or willing to accept circumstances, a proposed course of action, etc
key concept: a person’s desires are held together (restrained)
from Latin contentus contented, that is, having restrained desires, from continēre to restrain
contain (v.)
from Latin continere (transitive) “to hold together, enclose,”
from com “with, together” (see com-) + tenere “to hold,”
from PIE root *ten- “to stretch.
contented
adjective
accepting one’s situation or life with equanimity and satisfaction
convivial
adjective
- having to do with a feast or festive activity
- fond of eating, drinking, and good company; sociable; jovial
L convivialis < convivium, a feast
< convivere, to carouse together
< com-, together + vivere, to live:
