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mer⋅ry

  [mer-ee]
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–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
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.
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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Mer⋅ry

  [mer-ee]
–noun
a female given name.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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mer·ry   (měr'ē)   
adj.   mer·ri·er, mer·ri·est

  1. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly.

  2. Marked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.

  3. Archaic Delightful; entertaining.

  4. Brisk: a merry pace.


[Middle English merri, from Old English mirige, pleasant; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.]
mer'ri·ly adv., mer'ri·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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