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Definition of Merriment

1. Noun. A gay feeling.

2. Noun. Activities that are enjoyable or amusing. "He is fun to have around"

Definition of Merriment

1. n. Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic.

Definition of Merriment

1. Noun. a state of enjoyable exuberance ¹

2. Noun. playful fun ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Merriment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Merriment

merperson merpersons merphalan merqueen merrf syndrome merrier merries merriest merrigan merrigans

merrihueite merrillite merrily merrimake merrimaking merriment (current term) merriments merriness merrinesses merry

merry-andrew merry-go-rounds merry-go-sorry merry-making merry andrew merry bells merry cocker merry cockers merry dance

Literary usage of Merriment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"MIRTH refers to the feeling displayed in the outward conduct : merriment, and the other terms, refer rather to the external expressions of the feeling, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"This work was foon followed by another, and that, in the year following, by a third. With what propriety, therefore, are we to look with merriment at bis ..."

3. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1904)
"CHAPTER V More Directions how to Fish for, and how to make for the Trout an Artificial Minnow and Flies ; with some merriment. Well met, brother Peter: I ..."

4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... In peaceful merriment, sunk down The sun's declining ray. VIII The blithesome signs of wassail gay Decayed not with the ..."

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