Word: rich Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source. Cognate with Dutch rijk, German reich, Danish rig, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rik, Faroese and Icelandic ríkur, Portuguese and Spanish rico, French riche, Italian ricco. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/, [ˈɹʷɪt͡ʃ] 1. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. Example: “A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]” Example: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […] 2. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour. Example: a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry Example: It is the richest food I have ever eaten, and for this reason I soon learned to partake of it sparingly. 3. Remunerative. Example: All racists I grew up with have rich jobs. 4. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling. Example: a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop Example: rich in fiber; rich in traditions 5. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful. Example: rich soil or land; a rich mine 6. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly. Example: a rich endowment; a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents Example: rich and various gems 7. Not faint or delicate; vivid. Example: a rich red colour 8. Very amusing. Labels: informal Example: The scene was a rich one. Example: a rich incident or character 9. Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way. Labels: informal Example: That's rich, coming from you. Example: Now, if money be a marketable commodity like flour, as the Witness states, is it not rather a rich idea that of selling the use of a barrel of flour instead of the barrel of flour itself? 10. Pornographic; titillating. Labels: slang, uncommon 11. Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction. Example: A skilled multimedia developer will have no problems adding interactive video and audio into existing rich media web pages. Example: Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word. 12. Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration. Example: mixed up a batch that was quite rich 13. Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration. 14. Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value. Example: The ETF is trading rich to NAV right now; we can arb this by selling the ETF and buying the underlying constituents.