Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See gladden.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially the European Iris fœtidissima.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun sword grass
  • noun Any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially the European Iris foetidissima.

Etymologies

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Anglo-Saxon glaedene; compare Latin gladius a sword. Compare gladiole.

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Examples

  • I think this will gladen the heart of internet users in Nigeria.

    Global Voices in English » Nigeria: New Submarine Internet Cable Lands in Lagos 2009

  • It all seemed like a new world dawning around her, as if through the chinks of her lowly dwelling bright visions of heaven stole in to gladen her, while her soul in its humble love traversed back and forth with angel messengers.

    May Brooke Anna Hanson Dorsey 1855

  • As though born from the same crop, they merge the finer points of their influences - the atmospheric production, doom-gladen lyrics ( "Let's grow old together and die at the same time"), gutter-guitar riffs, 80s space-rock keyboards, a disco back-beat and gothic vocals.

    Angry Ape 2009

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