Unmerry

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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""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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