happy

The definition of happy is someone or something that is feeling great pleasure or joy.

(adjective)

See happy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

favored by circumstances; lucky; fortunate
having, showing, or causing a feeling of great pleasure, contentment, joy, etc.; joyous; glad; pleased
exactly appropriate to the occasion; suitable and clever; apt; felicitous: a happy suggestion
intoxicated, or irresponsibly quick to act, as if intoxicated: sometimes used in hyphenated compounds

Origin: ME happi < hap: see hap

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See happy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est

Characterized by good luck; fortunate.
Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.
Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.
Cheerful; willing: happy to help.
a. Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination: trigger-happy.
b. Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination: money-happy; clothes-happy.

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from hap, luck; see hap

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