well-content
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of well-content
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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Dead is my well-content, And buried deep my pride.
From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by De la Mare, Walter
There where in courts afar, all unconfused, they crowd, As fumes the starlight soft In gulfs of cloud, And each to the other, well-content, Sighs oft, ‘’Twas this we meant!’
From The Unknown Eros by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
It was an arrangement liked equally by the three small children and the well-content grandparents.
From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne
So saying, the mare he to Noëmon gave,760 Friend of Antilochus, and, well-content, The polish'd caldron for his prize received.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
Miss Darrell turned to the piano with a frown, but her eyes were smiling, and in her secret heart she was well-content.
From A Terrible Secret by Fleming, May Agnes
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