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merriment

[mer-i-muhnt]

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noun

cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter.

Obsolete. a cause of mirth; a jest, entertainment, etc.

Origin:
1570–80; merry + -ment

Related forms

o·ver·mer·ri·ment, noun

Synonyms
1. See mirth.

Antonyms
1. misery, melancholy.

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It has little if any drama, but now and again a bit of comedy with a dog or with a monkey is bound to create merriment.

But it does possess mild and mellow merriment all along the way.

Live piano music and a talented vocalist give further momentum to the merriment.

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merriment (ˈmɛrɪmənt)

—n
	gaiety, fun, or mirth

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Word Origin & History

merriment

1570s, "comedic entertainment," from merry + -ment. General sense of "mirth" is from 1580s.

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Related Words

mirth festivity glee

hilarity laughter waggish

Matching Quote

"For I must tell you, I was given to understand in my childhood, that the British island from which my forefathers came, was no lotus-garden, no paradise of serene sky and roses and music and merriment all the year round, no, but a cold foggy mournful country, where nothing grew well in the open air, but robust men and virtuous women, and these of a wonderful fibre and endurance; that their best parts were slowly revealed; their virtues did not come out until they quarrelled: they did not strike twelve the first time; good lovers, good haters, and you could know little about them till you had seen them long, and little good of them till you had seen them in action; that in prosperity they were moody and dumpish, but in adversity they were grand."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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