adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Excessively merry.

   "I'll in to counsel them; haply my presence May well abate the over-merry spleen,"

Example

More examples

"I'll in to counsel them; haply my presence May well abate the over-merry spleen,"

Etymology

From over- + merry.

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