# wealthy

Pronunciation: US say "WEL-thee" /ˈwɛl.θi/; UK

## Adjective

1. Having a great deal of money, property, or valuable possessions.
   - Simple: Having a large amount of money and expensive things.
   - _The wealthy donor funded an entire wing of the hospital._
   - _Wealthy investors snapped up the beachfront properties within days._
3. Abundant in quality or quantity; existing in large or generous amounts.
   - Simple: Having a large amount of something, like food or resources.
   - _The manuscript is wealthy in marginal notes left by earlier readers._
   - _This stretch of coastline is wealthy in seabird colonies during nesting season._

## Noun

2. Rich people considered collectively, whether within a single society or across the world.
   - Simple: Rich people thought of as a group in a country or the world.
   - _The wealthy increasingly shelter their assets in offshore accounts._
   - _Charitable giving among the wealthy rose sharply last year._

## Noun

4. Someone who possesses a great deal of money or property. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A person who has a lot of money.

## Origin

From Middle English welthy or welþi, equivalent to wealth plus the suffix -y. It is related to Middle Dutch weldech, weeldech, meaning magnificent, luscious, or lavish.

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