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alacrity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alacrity \A*lac"ri*ty\, n. [L. alacritas, fr. alacer lively, eager, prob. akin to Gr. ? to drive, Goth. aljan zeal.] A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
I have not that alacrity of spirit,
Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Latin alacritatem (nominative alacritas) "liveliness, ardor, eagerness," from alacer (genitive alacris) "cheerful, brisk, lively;" which is of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with Gothic aljan "zeal," Old English ellen "courage, zeal, strength," Old High German ellian.
Wiktionary
n. 1 eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm. 2 promptness; speed.
WordNet
n. liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity" [syn: briskness]
Wikipedia
Alacrity (meaning "eagerness, liveliness, enthusiasm, or promptness, speed") may refer to:
- HMS Alacrity, various Royal Navy ships
- USS Alacrity, several US Navy ships
- SS Alacrity (1893), a tugboat (originally named Jean Bart) used by the Royal Australian Navy in the First World War
- Operation Alacrity, a 1943 Second World War operation involving the occupation of leased air and naval bases in the Azores
Usage examples of "alacrity".
More than twenty centimeters shorter than Alacrity, he had close-trimmed brown hair and a beard going to gray.
Dincrist was the picture of a patrician-sportsman, even taller than Alacrity and very fit, white-haired and deeply tanned.
Dincrist took a half step toward them, and Alacrity braced for a dustup.
Why a top officer of the powerful Bank of Spica should want to quiz Floyt about his inheritance, then try to shoot him and Alacrity, was still a puzzle.
His tongue probed at the gap where Alacrity had knocked out two of his teeth.
Selecting a long-stemmed goblet of greenish wine and a stylish little Perkup nasal inhaler, Alacrity sighed.
Especially for some inconsequential interstellar spindrift the likes of Hobart Floyt and Alacrity Fitzhugh.
The man was backing toward the catwalk, nearly on all fours, the burpgun aimed where Alacrity had been.
Floyt helped him up, demanding to know if he was all right although Alacrity was gasping too hard to answer.
Floyt caught a look at the screen where Alacrity had entered his question.
As Alacrity and Floyt moved to the hatch, they were met by Seven Wars.
Twain brought a dental unit with her and, in an astoundingly short time, initiated the growth of teeth to replace the ones Alacrity had knuckled loose.
There were rocks and even a stump, and what looked to Alacrity like a low stone prayer wall carved in the style found on Llahsa.
Dorraine was all in white as well: stole, cossack hat, and a muff big enough, it occurred to Alacrity in passing, to hold those cute derringers plus a few landmines for luck.
These two here beside me are Citizen Hobart Floyt and Master Alacrity Fitzhugh.