2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. Is any merry Jas. v. 13.
3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, merry jest. "Merry wind and weather." Spenser. Merry dancers. See under Dancer. — Merry men, followers; retainers. [Obs.] His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game and glee. Chaucer. — To make merry, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. Judg. ix. 27.
Syn. — Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful; joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.
MERRY
Mer"ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of wild red cherry.
MERRY-ANDREW
Mer"ry-an"drew, n.
Defn: One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor.
Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who gained patients by facetious speeches to the multitude.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Mer"ry-go`-round", n.
Defn: Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.