GAYETY

Noun

gayety (usually uncountable, plural gayeties)

Alternative spelling of gaiety

Source: Wiktionary


Gay"e*ty, n.; pl. Gayeties (. [Written also gaiety.] Etym: [F. gaieté. See Gay, a.]

1. 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.

2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.

Syn.

– Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See Liveliness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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