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| − | You have allowed much that is at once vulgar and unkind to become [[confused]] with your [[humor]], but on the whole, you are to be '''congratulated''' on a comparatively keen sense of [[humor]]. Some of you have a rich vein of it and are greatly helped in their [[earthly]] [[careers]] thereby.[ | + | You have allowed much that is at once vulgar and unkind to become [[confused]] with your [[humor]], but on the whole, you are to be '''congratulated''' on a comparatively keen sense of [[humor]]. Some of you have a rich vein of it and are greatly helped in their [[earthly]] [[careers]] thereby.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=48:4_The_Reversion_Directors] |
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Revision as of 22:10, 12 December 2020
Origin
Latin congrātulāt- participial stem of congrātulā-rī in same sense, con- together + grātulārī to manifest or express one's joy
Definitions
- 1: To rejoice along with another; to express to a person one's pleasure or gratification at his good fortune, success, or happiness.
- 2: To express sympathetic joy on the occasion of; to express joy, pleasure, or satisfaction at (an event or circumstance).
- 3: obsolete : salute, greet
Quote
You have allowed much that is at once vulgar and unkind to become confused with your humor, but on the whole, you are to be congratulated on a comparatively keen sense of humor. Some of you have a rich vein of it and are greatly helped in their earthly careers thereby.[1]
