- 1. superl. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive. Source: opted
- 2. superl. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. Source: opted
- 3. superl. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest. Source: opted
- 4. n. A kind of wild red cherry. Source: opted
- 5. adj. full of or showing high-spirited merriment Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. offering fun and gaiety Source: wordnet
- 7. adj. quick and energetic Source: wordnet
- 8. 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. A kind of wild red cherry. Source: webster
- 9. j:100 s full of or showing high-spirited merriment s offering fun and gaiety s quick and energetic Source: ecdict
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