英和和英

語源

From happy +‎ -ness.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhæpinɪs/, /ˈhæpinəs/
• ハイフネーション: hap‧pi‧ness

名詞

happiness (countable and uncountable, plural happinesses)

1. (uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

   Synonyms: felicity, high spirits; see also Thesaurus:happiness

   Antonyms: haplessness, unhappiness; see also Thesaurus:sadness

   • 1877, W. S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer:

     Yes, Aline, true happiness comes of true love, and true love should be independent of external influences.

   Money can’t buy happiness.

   She found happiness in the small things.

   seek happiness

   true happiness

   bring happiness to others

2. (archaic, uncountable) Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.

   Antonym: suffering

   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence:

     We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

3. (archaic, uncountable) Good luck; good fortune.

   Synonyms: felicity, fortuity; see also Thesaurus:good luck

   • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 20, column 2:

     All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.

4. (obsolete, countable) Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.
   • 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 10:

     Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.

使用する際の注意点

• The word happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment.

同意語

• felicity (somewhat dated or formal)
• blessedness (dated or religious)
• bliss (more exalted delight, suggesting heaven)
• high spirits
• joy, joyfulness, joyousness
• pleasure

派生語

参照

• “happiness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• Happiness (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• happiness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia