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merry |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Merry \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Merry \Mer"ry\, n. (Bot.) A kind of wild red cherry. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: merry adj 1: 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" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jolly}, {jovial}, {mirthful}] 2: offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: {gala(a)}, {gay}, {festal}, {festive}] 3: 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" [syn: {brisk}, {lively}, {rattling}, {snappy}, {spanking}, {zippy}]
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