wealth

nouncommon in dialogue

//wɛlθ//
/[wɛl̪θ]/

Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

noun

1
Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
Money talks, but true wealth whispers.
The existence of many nations and national characters is part of the cultural wealth of mankind, and there is no reason to seek to diminish their number.
2
A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
There is a wealth of carved wood inside: from pulpit to pews, screens to lectern, and a large medieval chest made from a hollowed-out log of bog-oak with a massive lid.
Beyond its aim to bring patients the most effective treatments faster, the service is expected to generate a wealth of data on the interplay between DNA, health and lifestyles, which will become a powerful tool for research into cancer and other diseases.
3
obsoleteProsperity; well-being; happiness.
I once did lend my body for his wealth, / Which, but for him that had your husband's ring, / Had quite miscarried: […]
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian wielde (“wealth”), Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German Weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

Forms

plural: wealths

weaker · Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the…weakly · Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.weakness · The condition of being weak.

wealth · Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

wealthy · Possessing financial wealth; rich.Wealthy · A certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota.weapon · An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g.…

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