euthymia

/ juːˈθɪmɪə /

noun

1. psychol a pleasant state of mind

Word History and Origins

Origin of euthymia¹

eu- + -thymia

Example Sentences

Tolerantiæ: & propellit Affectus, hostes Euthymiæ gladio, 5.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a native of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, as we learn from an allusion in his poem Euthymiæ Raptus or The Teares of Peace, and from W. Browne's reference to him in Britannia's Pastorals as "the learned shepheard of faire Hitching Hill."

From Project Gutenberg

We must recognize in each virtue its own positive excellence and follow its positive ideal, and the ideal of self-restraint is to keep our mind level—as our expression is—or, to borrow a Greek term, attain the state of euthymia, which Democritus called the highest good.

From Project Gutenberg

He thought also that the opera-glass was more particularly pointed towards the bow of the boat, and came to the natural conclusion that the bow oar, Miss Euthymia Tower, captain of the Atalantas, "The Wonder" of the Corinna Institute, was the attraction which determined the direction of the instrument.

From Project Gutenberg

Among the graduates of the year were Miss Euthymia Tower and Miss Lurida Vincent, who had now returned to their homes in Arrowhead Village.

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