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Definition of Gayety
1. n. The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.
Definition of Gayety
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of gaiety) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gayety
1. gaiety [n -ETIES] - See also: gaiety
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gayety
| gayborhood gayborhoods gaybourhood gaybourhoods gayboy gayboys gaydars gaydom gayelles gayers | gayest gayeties gayety (current term) gayfaces gayfeather gayish gaylus-site gaylussite gayly gaymers | gaymos gayne gayned gaynes |
Literary usage of Gayety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lord Byron Jugé Par Les Témoins de Sa Vie =: My Recollections of Lord Byron by Teresa Guiccioli (1869)
"His gayety has also been spoken of. As usual, all the judgments pronounced have
been more or less false. His temperament is just as little known as his ..."
2. France, Social, Literary, Political by Henry Lytton Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer (1857)
"gayety AND FRIVOLITY. The Place de Vendome during the Regency and at the time of
Law —The calamities of that time, darkening every thing else, ..."
3. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"The Poet in the green-room—m the flower garden— at Vauxhall—dissipation without
gayety.—Cradock in town—friendly sympathy—a parting scene—an invitation to ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard, ( (1917)
"gayety The gayety of a scene seems to depend objectively on a multitude of small
motions, and on bright light with enough small and broken contrasting ..."
5. France, Social, Literary, Political by Henry Lytton Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer (1834)
"... of Law ---The calamities of that time, darkening every thing else, did not
darken the gayety of France—Saying of M. do Rennes—Is gayety happiness ..."
6. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard (1917)
"gayety The gayety of a scene seems to depend objectively on a multitude of small
motions, ... gayety being a somewhat superficial and transitory emotion, ..."
7. Personal Recollections of the Drama: Or Theatrical Reminiscen- Ces by Henry Dickinson Stone (1873)
"It opened under the title of the " gayety Theatre," with a small dramatic company,
under very favorable auspices. The liberal patronage of the public soon ..."
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