merriness

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merriness

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From Middle English myrienesse, myrynesse, from Old English miriġness, myriġness (“pleasantness, sweetness”), equivalent to merry + -ness.

noun

uncountable The property of being merry.
Similar: merriment, mirth, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation

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@misc{merriness_2026,
  title = {merriness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merriness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}