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Definition of Merriness
1. Noun. The trait of merry joking.
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
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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