blithe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite lacking or showing a lack of due concern
    • spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation
  2. adjective satellite carefree and happy and lighthearted
    light-hearted; lightsome; blithesome; lighthearted.
    • was loved for her blithe spirit
    • a merry blithesome nature
    • her lighthearted nature
    • trilling songs with a lightsome heart

WordNet

Blithe adjective
Etymology
AS. blie blithe, kind; akin to Goth. bleis kind, Icel. blir mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe, OHG. blidi kind, blithe.
Definitions
  1. Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit.
    The blithe sounds of festal music. Prescott.
    A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton.

Webster 1913