Gayety
['ɡeɪətɪ]
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.
Editor: Oswald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Show, gaudiness, finery, tawdriness.[2]. Liveliness, cheerfulness, joyousness, joviality, sprightliness, mirth, blithesomeness, merriment, glee, hilarity, jollity, vivacity, animation, good humor, high spirits.
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Examples
- Caliphronas frowned at this somewhat uncomplimentary remark, but immediately recovered his gayety, and burst out laughing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then, said she (with that pleasing gayety so natural to her), _I wish they had_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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