#personalitywords

Ten personality words that describe me ~ dictionary definition, synonyms, and entomology.

10 Words or short phrases that describe my personality

Even tempered/Tranquil

Not easily ruffled, disturbed, or annoyed

Unruffled, collected, complacent

mid-15c., a back-formation from tranquility or else from Latin tranquillus "quiet, calm, still." Related: Tranquilly.

Optimist

Believing good ultimately predominated over evil, looking on the more favorable side

Cheerful, hopeful

1759 (in translations of Voltaire), from French optimisme (1737), from Modern Latin optimum, used by Gottfried Leibniz (in "Théodicée," 1710) to mean "the greatest good," from Latin optimus "the best" (see optimum). The doctrine holds that the actual world is the "best of all possible worlds," in which the creator accomplishes the most good at the cost of the least evil.

Enthusiastic

Having lively interest, absorbed in an activity or pursuit.

Fervent, eager, rhapsodic

c. 1600, "pertaining to possession by a deity," from Greek enthousiastikos "inspired," from enthousiazein "be possessed or inspired by a god" (see enthusiasm). Meaning "pertaining to irrational delusion in religion" is from 1690s. The main modern sense, in reference to feelings or persons, "intensely eager, rapturous," is from 1786. Related: Enthusiastically.

Sugar-coated

To make more palatable, pleasant, or acceptable.

Veneer, sweet, saccharine

also sugarcoat, 1870, originally of medicine; figuratively, "make more palatable," from 1910; from sugar (n.) + coat (v.). Related: Sugarcoated; sugarcoating.

Rational

Agreeable to reason, sensible, having good sense

Balanced, sober, thoughtful

late 14c., "pertaining to reason;" mid-15c., "endowed with reason," from Old French racionel and directly from Latin rationalis "of or belonging to reason, reasonable," from ratio (genitive rationis) "reckoning, calculation, reason" (see ratio).

Energetic

Possessing abundant energy, powerful in action or effect

Industrious, spirited, fresh

1650s, "powerful in operation," from Greek energetikos "active," from energein "to work, be in action, act upon" (see energy). Of persons, "active," in English from 1796 (energetical "operative" is from c. 1600; from 1630s as "full of energy," while energical is attested from 1560s). Related: Energetically.

Independent

Not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinions, beliefs, conduct.

Unconnected, self contained

1610s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + dependent. French independant is attested from c. 1600; Italian independente from 1590s. Noun meaning "person not acting as part of a political party" is from 1808. Related: Independently.

Decorator

A person who decorates, harmonizes

Designer, inventor, producer

early 15c., from Latin decoratus, past participle of decorare "to decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify," from decus (genitive decoris) "an ornament," from PIE root *dek- "to receive, be suitable" (see decent). Related: Decorated; decorating.

Forgetful

Apt to forget, absent-minded

Distracted, absent, dreamy

late 14c., from forget + -ful. A curious formation. Used in the sense "causing forgetting" from 1550s, but almost exclusively in poetry (Milton, Tennyson, etc.). An older word in this sense was Middle English forgetel, from Old English forgitel "forgetful," from a formation similar to that in Dutch vergetel. Related: Forgetfully; forgetfulness.

Peacekeeper

A person who maintains or restores peace and amity, a mediator

Mediator, negotiator, appeaser