merry
merry is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Shak.
- 2.Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. Is any merry Jas. v.
- 3.3. 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.
- 4.A kind of wild red cherry.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- and
- annulment
- away
- best
- can
- commendation
- compliment
- condolence
- congratulate
- congratulation
- congratulatory
- cuckold
- day
- disespouse
- divorce
- divorcee
- divorcement
- dowager
- felicitate
- felicitation
- give
- grass
- gratulate
- gratulation
- gratulatory
- happy
- joy
- judicial
- laud
- live
- maintenance
- many
- new
- offer
- one
- oneself
- praise
- put
- rejoice
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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