"lighthearted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-lighthearted.wav [US] Forms: more lighthearted [comparative], most lighthearted [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lyght hertyd, liȝt-hertid, from light (adjective) + herted, hertid (“having a disposition”, adjective) (equivalent to light + hearted), from the noun herte. See more at light, heart, -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyght hertyd}} Middle English lyght hertyd, {{m|enm|liȝt-hertid}} liȝt-hertid, {{affix|enm|light|herted|nocat=1|pos1=adjective}} light (adjective) + herted, {{m|enm|hertid|pos=adjective|t=having a disposition}} hertid (“having a disposition”, adjective), {{compound|en|light|hearted}} light + hearted, {{m|enm|herte}} herte, {{m|en|light}} light, {{m|en|heart}} heart, {{m|en|-ed}} -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} lighthearted (comparative more lighthearted, superlative most lighthearted)
  1. Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive; not depressed or sad. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (joyful): ilomielinen (Finnish), unbeschwert (German), fröhlich (German), aerach (Irish), spensierato [masculine] (Italian), hilaris (Latin), beztroski (Polish), wesoły (Polish), aighearach (Scottish Gaelic), desenfadado [masculine] (Spanish), despreocupado [masculine] (Spanish), quitado de la pena [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), sorglös (Swedish), bekymmerslös (Swedish), glad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lighthearted-en-adj-VlA~6ONp Disambiguation of Personality: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'joyful': 95 5
  2. Enjoyably lacking of seriousness, not grave. Translations (enjoyable lack of seriousness): безгрижен (bezgrižen) (Bulgarian), facilanima (Esperanto), kevytmielinen (Finnish), hilpeä (Finnish), unbeschwert (German), ελαφρός (elafrós) (Greek), aerach (Irish), lekki (Polish), беззаботный (bezzabotnyj) [masculine] (Russian), aighearach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-lighthearted-en-adj-7HyPBJX6 Disambiguation of 'enjoyable lack of seriousness': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gladsome, joyous, light-hearted Derived forms: lightheartedly [adverb], lightheartedness [noun] Related terms: lightheaded

Alternative forms

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