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Where does “alacrious” come from?

alacrious (English) comes from Latin alacer — lively, brisk, quick, eager, active, peppy,...

alacrious (English): Lively and joyfully involved

Definitions

  1. Lively and joyfully involved

Ancestry of “alacrious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalacerlively, brisk, quick, eager, active, peppy,...

Words derived from “alacrious”

  • alacriously
  • alacriousness
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