alacrity

Etymology
Mid-15th century; from, from , from +.

Noun

 * 1) Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
 * 2) * 1553 (posth.),, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, Book I, Chapter 19:
 * Besides, a wealthy man, well at ease, may pray to God quietly and merrily with alacrity and great quietness of mind, whereas he who lieth groaning in his grief cannot endure to pray nor can he hardly think upon anything but his pain.
 * 1) Promptness; speed.
 * Besides, a wealthy man, well at ease, may pray to God quietly and merrily with alacrity and great quietness of mind, whereas he who lieth groaning in his grief cannot endure to pray nor can he hardly think upon anything but his pain.
 * 1) Promptness; speed.
 * 1) Promptness; speed.
 * 1) Promptness; speed.
 * 1) Promptness; speed.
 * 1) Promptness; speed.

Translations

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 * Czech: čilost
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 * Interlingua: alacritate
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: alacritās
 * Manx: arryltid, arryltys, laueys
 * Polish: skwapliwość
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sunnd, sùrd
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 * German: Unverzüglichkeit
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 * Scottish Gaelic: sgiobaltachd
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