merry

  • 31merry — /ˈmɛri / (say meree) adjective (merrier, merriest) 1. full of cheer or gaiety; festive; joyous in disposition or spirit. 2. laughingly cheerful; mirthful; hilarious. 3. Archaic pleasant or delightful: merry England. 4. Colloquial slightly… …

  • 32merry —   Le ale a, le a, oli oli, aka aka; mele.   Also: laupa apa ani, olina.    ♦ Merry Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka.    ♦ Make merry, le ale a, wela ka hao (fig.) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 33Merry — noun a) Originally a nickname for a merry person. b) from the adjective, also a diminutive of Mary and Mercy …

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  • 34merry — adj. Merry is used with these nouns: ↑band, ↑tune …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 35Merry — (ou Merri ou Médéric) (Géo Méry) (29 août) né à Autun, moine à Saint Martin, abbé solitaire à la Celle Saint Merry, mort vers 700. Nom germain Math ric . Fête le 29 août …

    Dictionnaire des saints

  • 36merry — Synonyms and related words: addled, animated, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, blithe, blithesome, boon, buoyant, buxom, carefree, carouse, celebrate, cheerful, cheery, convivial, crapulent, crapulous, delighted, dizzy, drenched, drunk,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 37merry — [OE] Merry goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *murgjaz, which appears to have been derived from a base meaning ‘short’. By the time it reached Old English, as myrige, it meant ‘pleasant’ – a semantic leap perhaps inspired by the notion of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38merry — adjective (merrier, merriest) 1》 cheerful and lively.     ↘characterized by festivity. 2》 informal slightly drunk. Phrases make merry indulge in merriment. Derivatives merrily adverb merriness noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 39Merry W. — abbr. Merry Wives of Windsor …

    Dictionary of abbreviations

  • 40merry — adj 1. cheerful, cheery, full of cheer, gay, sunny, in good or high spirits; blithe, blithesome, light hearted, lightsome, buoyant, optimistic, positive, Inf. upbeat, beamish; debonair, free and easy, carefree, easygoing, breezy, airy, happy go… …

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