Merriness

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being merry. uncountable
  2. 2
    the trait of merry joking wordnet

Synonyms

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amusementblithenessblithesomenesscheerfulnesscheerinesscontentedness

Etymology

From Middle English merines, mirynes, mirines, myrynesse, from Middle English miriġness, myriġness (“pleasantness, sweetness”), equivalent to merry + -ness.

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