blithe
Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern; nonchalant.
She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
Origin: From , from , from , from , from , from . Cognate with , , ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(obsolete) , beautiful, comely.
She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
Heard in the wild
“Everyone seems very blithe about losing the republic, there must be another one around here somewhere we can just pick up when we need one.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(chiefly, Scotland, elsewhere, _, dated, or, literary) Cheerful, happy.
I was feeling blithe, almost jocund.
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