prosperous
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈpɹɒs.p(ə.)ɹəs//
- United States//ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs//
Characterized by success.
adjective
- 1
Characterized by success.
Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
- 2
Well off; affluent.
He was raised in a very prosperous household.
He wondered how many people were destitute that same night even in his own prosperous country, how many homes were shanties, how many husbands were drunk and wives socked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned.
- 3
Favorable.
He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.
So draw him home to those that mourn In vain; a favourable speed Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn.
Etymology
From Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“to cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere (“according to expectation”), from pro (“for”) + spes (“hope”).
Forms
- comparative
- more prosperous
- superlative
- most prosperous