Alacant
noun
the Catalan name for Alicante
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- Alacrity
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity. liveliness; briskness. Contemporary Examples When it comes to nuns, though, the church is somehow able to act with alacrity. Rebel Nuns Michelle Goldberg May 20, 2010 Down under, people endearingly call boxes of wine “goons,” and they drink them with alacrity. Taking Boxed Wine […]
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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity. liveliness; briskness. Historical Examples Before him every hat was doffed with alacritous esteem due to his age and worth. Household stories from the Land of Hofer R. H. Busk noun liveliness or briskness n. mid-15c., from Latin alacritatem (nominative alacritas) “liveliness, ardor, eagerness,” from […]