Unmerry
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.
""Yea, much," she said; "it seems joyous to me: and I shall tell thee that I have mostly dwelt in unmerry houses, though they were of greater cost than this.""
Example
More examples""Yea, much," she said; "it seems joyous to me: and I shall tell thee that I have mostly dwelt in unmerry houses, though they were of greater cost than this.""
Etymology
From Old English unmyriġe (“unpleasant”), from un- + myriġe (“pleasant”). By surface analysis, un- + merry.
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