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MERRY
alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
(adjective) quick and energetic; “a brisk walk in the park”; “a lively gait”; “a merry chase”; “traveling at a rattling rate”; “a snappy pace”; “a spanking breeze”
gay, festal, festive, merry
(adjective) offering fun and gaiety; “a festive (or festal) occasion”; “gay and exciting night life”; “a merry evening”
gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
(adjective) full of or showing high-spirited merriment; “when hearts were young and gay”; “a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company”- Wordsworth; “the jolly crowd at the reunion”; “jolly old Saint Nick”; “a jovial old gentleman”; “have a merry Christmas”; “peals of merry laughter”; “a mirthful laugh”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
merriest
superlative form of merry: most merry
Anagrams
• meriters, rimester, triremes
Source: Wiktionary
MERRY
Mer"ry, a. [Compar. Merrier; superl. Merriest.] Etym: [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gamaĂşrgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts off his thumb to escape military service; the Anglo-Saxon and English meanings coming from the idea of making the time seem short. Cf. Mirth.]
1. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive. They drank, and were merry with him. Gen. xliii. 34. I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Shak.
2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. Is any merry Jas. v. 13.
3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, merry jest. "Merry wind and weather." Spenser. Merry dancers. See under Dancer.
– Merry men, followers; retainers. [Obs.] His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game and glee. Chaucer.
– To make merry, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. Judg. ix. 27.
Syn.
– Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful; joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.
Mer"ry, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of wild red cherry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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