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Merry Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Merry? [adj] quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [adj] offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [adj] full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Merry: brisk \| energetic \| festal \| festive \| gala(a) \| gay \| jocund \| jolly \| jovial \| joyous \| lively \| mirthful \| rattling \| snappy \| spanking \| zippy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Merry: addled \| animated \| beery \| bemused \| besotted \| blind drunk \| blithe \| blithesome \| boon \| buoyant \| buxom \| carefree \| carouse \| celebrate \| cheerful \| cheery \| convivial \| crapulent \| crapulous \| delighted \| dizzy \| drenched \| drunk \| drunken \| exhilarating \| exuberant \| far-gone \| festal \| festive \| flustered \| fou \| frivolous \| frolic \| full \| gala \| gay \| giddy \| glad \| gladsome \| gleeful \| glorious \| happy \| hilarious \| in liquor \| inebriate \| inebriated \| inebrious \| intoxicated \| jocular \| jocund \| jolly \| jovial \| joyful \| joyous \| jubilant \| laughter-loving \| lighthearted \| light-hearted \| lively \| mad \| make merry \| maudlin \| mellow \| merrymaking \| mirthful \| mirth-loving \| muddled \| nappy \| on the loose \| reeling \| rejoicing \| revel \| riant \| risible \| shikker \| sodden \| sotted \| sprightly \| tiddly \| tipsy \| unconstrained \| under the influence \| vivacious \| wild See Also \| Merry In Webster's Dictionary \Mer"ry\, a. [Compar. {Merrier}; superl. {Merriest}.] [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gama['u]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts off his thumb to escape military service; the Anglo-Saxon and English meanings coming from the idea of making the time seem short. Cf. {Mirth}.] 1. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive. They drank, and were merry with him. --Gen. xliii. 34. I am never merry when I hear sweet music. --Shak. 2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. Is any merry ? let him sing psalms. --Jas. v. 13. 3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, ? merry jest. ``Merry wind and weather.'' --Spenser. {Merry dancers}. See under {Dancer}. {Merry men}, followers; retainers. [Obs.] His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game and glee. --Chaucer. {To make merry}, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. --Judg. ix. 27. Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful; joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious. \Mer"ry\, n. (Bot.) A kind of wild red cherry.

Merry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Merry?

[adj] quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
[adj] offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"
[adj] full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"

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Merry In Webster's Dictionary

\Mer"ry\, a. [Compar. {Merrier}; superl. {Merriest}.] [OE.
merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige,
pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short,
Goth. gama['u]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who
cuts off his thumb to escape military service; the
Anglo-Saxon and English meanings coming from the idea of
making the time seem short. Cf. {Mirth}.]
1. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good
   spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive.

         They drank, and were merry with him.  --Gen. xliii.
                                               34.

         I am never merry when I hear sweet music. --Shak.



2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.

         Is any merry ? let him sing psalms.   --Jas. v. 13.

3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, ? merry
   jest. ``Merry wind and weather.'' --Spenser.

{Merry dancers}. See under {Dancer}.

{Merry men}, followers; retainers. [Obs.]

         His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game
         and glee.                             --Chaucer.

{To make merry}, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to
   feast with mirth. --Judg. ix. 27.

Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful;
     joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.


\Mer"ry\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of wild red cherry.

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