rich

English

/ɹɪt͡ʃ/

adj
Definitions
  • Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
  • Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
  • Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
  • Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
  • Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
  • Not faint or delicate; vivid.
  • (informal) Very amusing.
  • (informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous.
  • (computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
  • Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
  • (finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English riche (strong, rich, powerful, kingdom, realm) inherited from Old English rīċe (kingdom, realm, rich, potent, authority, mighty, great, powerful, high-ranking, empire, power, wealthy, reign, dominion, strong) inherited from *rīkī inherited from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (powerful, mighty, rich, noble, kingly, royal) derived from Proto-Celtic *rīgos (of a ruler king) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (straighten, direct, right, straight, right oneself, just, make right, king, chief, direct oneself, line, make straight right).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₃reǵ-

Gloss

straighten, direct, right, straight, right oneself, just, make right, king, chief, direct oneself, line, make straight right

Concept
Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

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Emoji
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