merriment

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merriment

  • /ˈmɛɹimɪnt/ US
  • /ˈmɛɹimənt/ US

noun merriments

  1. countable, uncountable A state of enjoyable exuberance. Hugh laughed again, and with such thorough abandonment to his mad humour, that his limbs seemed dislocated, and his whole frame in danger of tumbling to pieces; but Mr Tappertit, so far from receiving this extreme merriment with any irritation, was pleased to regard it with the utmost favour, and ev

    Similar: merriness, mirth, ardor, alacrity, celerity, energy, joie de vivre, enthusiasm, exuberance, exuberantness, fanaticism, fervor

  2. countable, uncountable Playful fun. Alas poore Yorick […] VVhere be your Jibes now? Your Gambals? Your Songs? Your flaſhes of Merriment that were wont to ſet the Table on a Rore?

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noun state of enjoyable exuberance

Españolalegría, júbilo, regocijo
हिन्दीविनोद vinod
Françaisgaieté
DeutschÜberschwang, Freude
Italianoburla
Românăveselie
Русскийвесе́лье vesélʹje

noun playful fun

Españoljuguetoneo
DeutschSpaß
Русскийразвлече́ние razvlečénije, заба́ва zabáva

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@misc{merriment_2026,
  title = {merriment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merriment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}