pros・per・i・ty /pr()spri ｜ prsprti, prs-/ n. 1 繁栄, 隆盛, 成功 (success), 幸運; 富 (wealth). ・the prosperity of business 商売の繁盛. ・national prosperity 国運の隆盛. ・I wish you all prosperity. ご成功を祈る. ・Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. 《諺》 繁栄は友を作り逆境はそれを試す. 2 [しばしば pl.] 順境, 隆盛[富裕]の状態, 繁栄期; (特に)好景気. ・in prosperity 裕福に; 好景気で. 《?a1200》 (O)F prosprit L prsperittem ← prosperus prosperous: ⇒-ity