well-content
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of well-content
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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Or well-content that ye have thus reduced485 Achaia's host, will ye retire to Troy?
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
Charlie answered, laughing; "we young scamps must be well-content with coarser stuff than thou wouldst have."
From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Michael had done all his business and was well-content to spend the remainder of his day in mediaeval Cairo.
From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma
In hand and foot and speech whoso is self restrained; Whoso to ponder inwardly delights, Who liveth lonely and is well-content, Him men call mendicant.
From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee
It was an arrangement liked equally by the three small children and the well-content grandparents.
From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne
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