Definition of Merriness

1. Noun. The trait of merry joking.

Exact synonyms: Humorousness, Jocoseness, Jocosity
Generic synonyms: Levity
Derivative terms: Humorous, Jocose, Jocose, Merry, Merry

Definition of Merriness

1. n. The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety, with laughter.

Definition of Merriness

1. Noun. The property of being merry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Merriness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Merriness

merphalan
merqueen
merrf syndrome
merrier
merries
merriest
merrigan
merrigans
merrihueite
merrillite
merrily
merrimake
merrimaking
merriment
merriments
merriness (current term)
merrinesses
merry
merry-andrew
merry-go-rounds
merry-go-sorry
merry-making
merry andrew
merry bells
merry cocker
merry cockers
merry dance
merry dances
merryandrew

Literary usage of Merriness

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

1. Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to Tennyson by Henry Reed (1867)
"... needed for thoughtful minds — Recreative power of books — Different modes of mental relaxation — Napoleon — Shelley — Cowper — Southey'a merriness ..."

2. Physiognomy Illustrated; Or, Nature's Revelations of Character: A by Joseph Simms (1889)
"merriness. THE QUALITY OF BEING GAY AND LAUGHING. Wrinkles obliquely outwards and downwards from the eyes, open lips, and a round large forehead are ..."

3. A Few Notes on Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1853)
"Well, sir, be it as the style shall give us cause to climb in the merriness." " The manuscript-corrector has altered ' clime in the merriness' of the old ..."

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