beatitude \bee-AT-i-tood, noun:

1. Supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
2. Any of the declarations of blessedness pronounced by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

Still, they were remarkable photographs, and what made them so was Perry’s expression, his look of unflawed fulfillment, of beatitude, as though at last, and as in one of his dreams, a tall yellow bird had hauled him to heaven.
— Truman Capote, In Cold Blood.
She stayed till Hannah came to take her home to dinner, but she had no appetite, and could only sit and smile upon everyone in a general state of beatitude.
— Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Beatitude derives from the Latin beatus, “happy, blessed,” which in turn relates to the Latin prefix bene- “good.”


  1. bondandsoul reblogged this from writeworld
  2. rhazade-waterbender reblogged this from writeworld
  3. sgtfledge reblogged this from writeworld
  4. redvelvetsnowstorm reblogged this from writeworld
  5. ohwaitforme reblogged this from writeworld
  6. darlingletsflyawaytogether reblogged this from writeworld
  7. kchasmwords reblogged this from writeworld
  8. fudgesmonkey reblogged this from writeworld
  9. ricepaperlove reblogged this from writeworld
  10. condemnedcapitalist reblogged this from writeworld
  11. momothestripes reblogged this from writeworld
  12. jollyreginaldrancher said: That’s something Galinda would say. “Aww Elphie, they just need to know your inner beautitude!”
  13. gininteacups1993 reblogged this from writeworld
  14. qthewetsprocket reblogged this from writeworld
  15. tklivory reblogged this from writeworld
  16. shoshoryuu reblogged this from writeworld
  17. nikaru reblogged this from writeworld