rich
adjective
- “her father is extremely rich”
- “many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles”
- “fertile farmland”
- “a fat land”
- “a productive vineyard”
- “rich soil”
Origin
From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source. Cognate with Dutch rijk, German reich, Danish rig, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rik, Faroese and Icelandic ríkur, Portuguese and Spanish rico, French riche, Italian ricco.
Phrases
- be part of life's rich tapestry
- cash rich
- eat the rich
- filthy rich
- get rich quicker
- Hamman-Rich syndrome
- hood rich
- nickel rich
- nigger rich
- poor little rich boy
- Rich County
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See also
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