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Webster 1913 Edition
Gayety
1.
The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; – used often in the plural;
as, the
. gayeties
of the season
Syn. – Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See
Liveliness
. Webster 1828 Edition
Gayety
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.Definition 2024
gayety
gayety
English
Noun
gayety (usually uncountable, plural gayeties)
- Alternative spelling of gaiety
- Washington Irving
- During the present gayety of the house, however, the poor girl has worn a face full of trouble; and, to use the housekeeper's words, "has fallen into a sad hystericky way lately."
- Washington Irving