Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete spelling of blithe.

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

  • proper noun Any of a number of places in England and the U.S.A.
  • proper noun A surname either derived from a nickname, or from the English places.
  • proper noun A female given name transferred from the surname, reinforced by the word blithe.

Etymologies

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From Old English blīþe

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Examples

  • BLYTHE • They're one of the few unsolved mysteries of modern archaeology - pieces of history preserved in the desert on a mesa of the Big Maria Mountains north of Blythe.

    Victorville Daily Press : Blythe Area Chamber of Commerce 2010

  • BLYTHE - A parolee was back behind bars today in Blythe, held on suspicion of possessing and transporting methamphetamine for sales, sheriff's and jail officials said.

    unknown title 2009

  • BLYTHE - A parolee was back behind bars today in Blythe, held on suspicion of possessing and transporting methamphetamine for sales, sheriff's and jail officials said.

    unknown title 2009

  • The reason for the name change, the court document states, was: “No pleasant associations connected with the name Blythe as he never did know his father and he has always been known by his friends and in school records as William Jefferson Clinton.”

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • The reason for the name change, the court document states, was: “No pleasant associations connected with the name Blythe as he never did know his father and he has always been known by his friends and in school records as William Jefferson Clinton.”

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • The reason for the name change, the court document states, was: “No pleasant associations connected with the name Blythe as he never did know his father and he has always been known by his friends and in school records as William Jefferson Clinton.”

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • The reason for the name change, the court document states, was: “No pleasant associations connected with the name Blythe as he never did know his father and he has always been known by his friends and in school records as William Jefferson Clinton.”

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • I'm quite willing to agree that Rilla Blythe is the embodiment of all the virtues, if that will please you.

    Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921

  • I started getting interested in Blythe when I wanted to make a three-dimensional self portrait, and was dumbfounded by the enormous community of customizers working with the Blythe Doll.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • I think Will Blythe is the John Calley of fiction.

    several things 2006

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