Happy

Table of contents

1 Etymology 2 Adjective 3 Translations 4 Derived expressions

Etymology

Adjective

1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy' omen

   Quotations

   • Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them - Boyle

2. Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.

   Quotations

   • Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord - Psalm 144:15
   • The learned is happy Nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more - Pope

3. Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous

   Quotations

   • One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder - Swift

• French: heureux (2)
• German: glücklich (2)
• Italian: felice (2)
• Portuguese: feliz (2)
• Spanish: feliz (2)