alacrity, briskness, smartness
(noun) liveliness and eagerness; “he accepted with alacrity”; “the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alacrity (countable and uncountable, plural alacrities)
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
Synonyms: avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness
Antonyms: apathy, disinclination, hesitance, indifference, reluctance
Promptness; speed.
Synonyms: briskness, celerity, haste, promptness, quickness, swiftness
Source: Wiktionary
A*lac"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. alacritas, fr. alacer lively, eager, prob. akin to Gr. aljan zeal.]
Definition: A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
