gaiety
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gaiety
- /ˈɡeɪ.ə.ti/
- /ˈɡeɪ.ɪ.ti/
Rhymes with -eɪɪti
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French gaieté, from gai. By surface analysis, gay + -ety.
noun gaieties
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The state of being happy or merry.
There was much gaiety at the ball.
Similar: gayfulness, gayness, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation
- Merrymaking or festivity. And he would tell her all sorts of wonders, old-world gaieties, long before she was born; and how finely the great Mr. [George Frideric] Handel played upon the harpischord^([sic]) in the Music Hall, and how his talk was in German, Latin, French, English, Italian, and half-a-dozen languages beside, [
Translations
Talk about this word "gaiety." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gaiety. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gaiety. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gaiety "gaiety." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gaiety.Cite this
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title = {gaiety},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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