prosperitee

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾɔˌspɛlɪˈtiː/

Noun

prosperitee

1. prosperity
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:

     Lhaung mye thye live in prosperitee;

     Long may they live in prosperity;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 104