merry
Use Merry in a sentence
i adjective, mer·ri·er, mer·ri·est.
Idioms 1.
full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.
2.
laughingly happy; mirthful; festively joyous; hilarious: a merry time at the party.
3.
Archaic. causing happiness; pleasant; delightful.
4.
make merry,
a.
to be happy or festive: The New Year's revelers were making merry in the ballroom.
b.
to make fun of; ridicule: The unthinking children made merry of the boy who had no shoes.
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noun
a female given name.
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merry (ˈmɛrɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -rier, -riest | |
| 1. | cheerful; jolly |
| 2. | very funny; hilarious |
| 3. | informal (Brit) slightly drunk |
| 4. | archaic delightful |
| 5. | make merry to revel; be festive |
| 6. | informal play merry hell with to disturb greatly; disrupt |
| [Old English merige agreeable] | |
| 'merrily | |
| —adv | |
| 'merriness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
merry
O.E. myrige "pleasing, agreeable," from P.Gmc. *murgijaz, which probably originally meant "short-lasting" (cf. O.H.G. murg "short," Goth. gamaurgjan "to shorten"). Connection to "pleasure" is likely via notion of "making time fly" (cf. Ger. Kurzweil "pastime," lit. "a short time;" O.N. skemta "to amuse,"
from skamt, neut. of skammr "short"). The only exact cognate for meaning outside Eng. was in M.Du. (cf. M.Du. mergelijc "joyful"). For vowel evolution, see bury.
"Bot vchon enle we wolde were fyf, þe mo þe myryer." [c.1300]The word had much wider senses in M.E., e.g. "pleasant-sounding" (of animal voices), "fine" (of weather), "handsome" (of dress), "pleasant-tasting" (of herbs). Merry-man "companion or follower of a knight, outlaw, etc." is attested from late 14c. The first record of merry-go-round is from 1729. Merry-bout "an incident of sexual intercourse" was low slang from 1780. Merry-begot "illegitimate" (adj.), "bastard" (n.) is from 1785. Merrie England (now frequently satirical or ironic) is 14c. meri ingland, originally in a broader sense of "bountiful, prosperous." Merry Monday was 16c. term for "the Monday before Shrove Tuesday" (Mardi Gras).
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Also in this version, conan is not a loner but one member in a merry band of adventurers.
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