rich, riche, ryche

[A.S.rice=rich, powerful. (For the change of c to ch, cf. pitch, from A. S. pic, speech, and speak, .) Cogn, with Dut. rijk; Icel. rikr; Sw. rik; Dan. rig; Goth. reiks, Ger. reich; M. H. Ger. riche; Fr.riche; Sp. & Port. IMG:content-0623.png:[blocks in formation] (2) Gratifying or agreeable to the sense of sight; vivid, bright; not faint or delicate; as, rich colors. (3) Gratifying or agreeable to the sense of hear ing; sweet, mellow, harmonious, musical. "But village notes could ne'er supply That rich and varied melody."