prosperity

From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās, equivalent to prosper +‎ -ity.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɒˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/

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• Hyphenation: pros‧per‧i‧ty

prosperity (countable and uncountable, plural prosperities)

1. The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.

   Synonyms: prosperousness; see also Thesaurus:wealth

   Near-synonym: thriving

   • 2024 February 20, Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir, “Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     “Eating meat means prosperity in the coming year,” the roastery wrote on Weibo on February 5, days before the Lunar New Year began.

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• “prosperity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “prosperity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.