arride

English

Etymology

From Latin arridere, from ad + ridere (“to laugh”).

Verb

arride (third-person singular simple present arrides, present participle arriding, simple past and past participle arrided)

1. (archaic, transitive) To please; to gratify.
   • 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

     A pretty air; in general, I like it well: but in particular, your long die-note did arride me most.

   • 1823, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia: Oxford In The Vacation:

     Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of mouldering learning.

References

• “arride”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• arider, raider

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈri.de/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation: ar‧rì‧de

Verb

arride

1. third-person singular present indicative of arridere

Anagrams

• Erardi, ardire, arredi, riarde, ridare, riderà

Latin

Verb

arrīdē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of arrīdeō