Gayety definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GA'YETY, n. 1. Merriment; mirth; airiness; as a company full of gayety. 2. Act of juvenile pleasure; the gayeties of youth. 3. Finery; show; as the gayety of dress. Merriam Webster's variant of gaiety Oxford Reference Dictionary US var. of GAIETY. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gayety Gay"e*ty, n.; pl. Gayeties. [Written also gaiety.] [F ... the gayeties of the season. 2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress. Syn: Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness ...
... festive merry feeling [syn: gaiety, playfulness] Merriam Webster's also gayety noun (plural -eties) Etymology: French gaieté Date: 1634 1. merrymaking ... spirits ; merriment 3. elegance, finery Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (US gayety) 1 the state of being light-hearted or merry; mirth ... s 1913 Dictionary Gaiety Gai"e*ty, n. Same as Gayety. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gayety Gay"e*ty, n.; pl. Gayeties. [Written also gaiety.] [F ... the gayeties of the season. 2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress. Syn: Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness ...
... animation, above gloom and depression of spirits, but below mirth, gayety and jollity. Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are ... and they also took some meat. Acts 27. 3. Mirth; gayety; jollity; as at a feast. 4. Invitation to gayety. 5. Entertainment; that which makes cheerful; provisions for a feast ... 2. The parents . . . fled away with heavy cheer. --Holland. 3. Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation. I have not that alacrity of spirit ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Gladness, joy, gayety, mirth, merriment. See cheerfulness. 2. Entertainment, provisions, food, repast, viands ...
... portrait. 3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors. Syn: Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- Liveliness, Gayety, Animation, Vivacity. Liveliness is an habitual feeling of life and interest; gayety refers more to a temporary excitement of the animal spirits ... some extent, the warmth of the other. Liveliness of imagination; gayety of heart; animation of countenance; vivacity of gesture or conversation ...
... 1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. --Roscommon. 2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a ... play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither ...
... Dictionary SPRIGHTLINESS, n. [from sprightly.] Liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity. In dreams, with what sprightliness and alacrity does the ... or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity. In dreams, observe with what a sprightliness and alacrity ... English Synonyms n. Liveliness, life, briskness, vivacity, animation, alertness, cheerfulness, gayety, frolicsomeness, vigor, activity.
... Joy to my soul and transport to my lay. 2. Gayety; mirth; festivity. The roofs with joy resound. 3. Happiness; felicity ... joy forever. --Keats. 3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity. Such joy made Una, when her knight ... Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation; transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Joy Joy ...
... HILAR'ITY, n. [L. hilaritas; Gr. joyful, merry.] Mirth; merriment; gayety. Hilarity differs from joy; the latter, excited by good news ... animal spirits, is more demonstrative. Syn: Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Hilarity is ... amusement and laughter. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Gayety, mirth, merriment, jollity, joviality, joyousness, exhilaration, cheerfulness, glee, high spirits ...
... From Jolly: cf. OF. joliet['e], jolivet['e].] Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. --Chaucer. All now was turned to ... to enter into it. --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Jollity is cheerful behaviour ... the celebration. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Merriment, gayety, mirth, fun, frolic, joviality, hilarity. Moby Thesaurus amusement, blitheness, cheer ...
... merriment; hilarity; high excitement of pleasurable feelings in company; noisy gayety; jollity. Mirth differs from joy and cheerfulness, as always implying ... myrg[eth], merh[eth], mirh[eth]. See Merry.] 1. Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity. Then will I cause to cease ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Merriment, hilarity, jollity, joviality, gayety, merry-making, sport, fun, joyousness, gladness, frolic, glee, festivity, laughter ...
Pleasantry definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PLEASANTRY, n. plez'antry. Gayety; merriment. The harshness of reasoning is not a little softened ... That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or ... usu pl Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Gayety, merriment, sport, fun, frolic, jollity. 2. Facetiousness, jocularity, jocoseness, drollery ...
... Dictionary Frisk Frisk, a. A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. --Johnson. Webster ... Frisking.] To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety. The frisking satyrs on the summits danced. --Addison. Collin's ...