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Definition of Make merry
1. Verb. Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities. "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
Generic synonyms: Celebrate, Fete
Specialized synonyms: Carouse, Riot, Roister
Derivative terms: Jollification, Merrymaking, Racket, Revel, Reveller, Revelry, Wassailer
Definition of Make merry
1. Verb. (intransitive) To enjoy oneself in a jolly and festive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Merry
Literary usage of Make merry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... dance regularly through the market and chief streets in the town, and so into
an inn and tavern to make merry together."— Description of Madagascar. ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"... have fatter banif in the harvest, than they which will either sleep at noontime
of the day, or else make merry with their neighbours at the ale. ..."
3. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"It was well said of the philosopher to Pyrrhus : " What follows after all your
victories ? To sit down and make merry. And cannot you do so now ? ..."
4. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1864)
"In every country it has been usual to make merry at marriages ; partly from a
natural feeling, and partly, perhaps, from a notion that a contract, ..."
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