gracious
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- gratious (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gracious (comparative more gracious, superlative most gracious)
- kind and warmly courteous
- tactful
- compassionate
- indulgent, charming and graceful
- elegant and with good taste
- benignant
- full of grace
- magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives.
- The actress's gracious acceptance of being named only in the end credits allowed her character's appearance in the episode to remain a surprise.
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See also[edit]
Translations[edit]
kind and warmly courteous
tactful — See also translations at tactful
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compassionate — See also translations at compassionate
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indulgent — See also translations at indulgent
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elegant and with good taste — See also translations at elegant
benignant — See also translations at benignant
full of grace
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Interjection[edit]
gracious
Synonyms[edit]
- (expression of surprise): See Thesaurus:wow
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French gracious, from Latin grātiōsus. Equivalent to grace + -ous.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gracious (plural and weak singular graciouse, comparative graciouser, superlative graciousest)
- kind, gracious, polite
- forgiving, relenting (used mainly positively)
- godly, Christian, involving the graciousness of God.
- lucky, glad; bestowed with good fortune.
- enjoyable, nice, pleasing.
- good-looking; pleasing to the eye.
- obedient, respectworthy
- (rare) useful, beneficious
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “grāciǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.
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