glad
Pronunciation: /ɡlæd/
The English word “glad” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Pleased; happy; gratified.
- Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
verb
- To make glad.
noun
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”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek;…
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