silly
English
/ˈsɪli/
adj
Definitions
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- (chiefly) Blessed, particularly:
- (now) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- (now) Simple, plain, particularly:
- Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:
- (cricket) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English seely (happy) inherited from Old English sǣliġ (blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy) inherited from *sālīg (happy, blissful) affix from English seel (happiness, bliss).
Origin
English
seel
Gloss
happiness, bliss
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
幸, 嬉
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Seeley English
- enseel English
- fic English
- head English
- nonsilly English
- seel English
- sely English
- sillily English
- silliness English
- sillyfic English
- sillyhead English
- sillyish English
- sillykin English
- unseel English
- unsilly English
- solor Latin
- *sōlh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- sælig Old English
- sǣliġ Old English
- unsælig Old English
- wansælig Old English
- seely Middle English
- sel Middle English
- seli Middle English
- sely Middle English
- unsely Middle English
- salig Old High German
- sālig Old High German
- sālīg Old High German
- *sālīg gmw-pro
- *sālig Old Dutch
- sä̂lich Middle Low German
- sālig Old Saxon
- seelie, sely Scots