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gaiety

Pronunciation:  'geyitee

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a festive merry feeling
  2. [n]  a gay feeling
 
 Synonyms: merriment, playfulness
 
 See Also: glee, gleefulness, happiness, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, levity, mirth, mirthfulness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gai"e*ty\, n.
Same as {Gayety}.

 
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