MERRIMAKE
Mer"ri*make`, n.
Defn: See Merrymake, n.
MERRIMAKE
Mer"ri*make`, v. i.
Defn: See Merrymake, v. Gay.
MERRIMENT
Mer"ri*ment, n.
Defn: Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic. "Follies and light
merriment." Spenser.
Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment. Milton.
MERRINESS
Mer"ri*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety, with laughter.
MERRY Mer"ry, a. [Compar. Merrier; superl. Merriest.] Etym: [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gamaúrgjan 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.