prosperity
Saypro-SPAIR-i-tee/pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/UK/pɹɒˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
Pluralprosperities
- 1The state of being successful and well-off, marked by good fortune and wealth.
Like a tree growing heavy with fruit after a season of perfect weather.
The nation's postwar prosperity lifted millions of families out of poverty.
She raised her glass and wished everyone health and prosperity in the new year.
Similarwealth, riches, affluence, abundance, fortune
Oppositepoverty, hardship, adversity, misfortune
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Origin
From Middle English "prosperite," from Old French "prosperitet," from Latin "prosperitās," equivalent to "prosper" plus the suffix "-ity."