Meanings
adjectiveimprosperous (comparative more improsperous, superlative most improsperous)
comparative more improsperous · superlative most improsperous
- obsoletenot prosperous
Seven revolving years are wholly run, Since the improsperous voyage we begun.
1697, John Dryden, transl., Aeneid, book VI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Latinim-
- Englishim-
- Englishprosperous
- Englishimprosperous
From im- + prosperous.
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improsperous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/improsperous
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