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gayety

English

Noun

gayety (usually uncountable, plural gayeties)

  1. Alternative spelling of gaiety
    • 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
      Amid all the splendor and gayety of fashionable life in Italy, the Sea-flower was never so happy as when seated in the ivy bower, which looked out upon a little lake, the same which had been her mother's favorite place of retreat [...]

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merriment

English

Etymology

merry +? -ment

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?m??im?nt/, /?m??im?nt/

Noun

merriment (countable and uncountable, plural merriments)

  1. a state of enjoyable exuberance
  2. playful fun

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