merrinesses

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mer⋅ry

[mer-ee]

–adjective, mer⋅ri⋅er, mer⋅ri⋅est.

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.

—Idiom

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.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME meri(e), myrie, murie, OE myr(i)ge, mer(i)ge pleasant, delightful

Related forms:

mer⋅ri⋅ly, adverb

mer⋅ri⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. happy, blithe, blithesome, frolicsome, cheery, glad. See gay. 2. jolly, jovial, gleeful.

Antonyms:
1. sad. 2. solemn.

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