merriment

[Eng. merry; -ment.] Mirthful gayety, mirth, frolic, amusement, merrine . "Strange modes of merriment the hours consume." Byron: Childe Harold, i. 46. měr-ri-ne , *mer-y-ne e, s. [Eng. merry; -ne .] The quality or state of being merry; mirth, gayety, merriment. "Well, sir, be it as the style shall give us cause to climb in the merrine ."-Love's Labor's Lost , i. 1. *měr-rỹ, s. [Fr. merise the wild cherry. A pseudo singular form; cf. cherry ; from cerise , pea , from pease , .] The wild red-cherry. měr-rỹ, *mer-ie, *mer-y, *mir-ie, *mir-y, *mur-ie, *mur-y, *myr-ie, *myr-y, a . [A. S. merg =merry; Ir. & Gael. mear -merry; Gael. mir = to sport, to play, mire =play, mirth, mireajach = merry.] 1. Pleasant, gay, delightful, cheerful, cheering. "Let merry England proudly rear Her blended roses, bought so dear." IMG:content-1126.png:[graphic] Scott : Rokeby , v. 13. IMG:content-1127.png:[blocks in formation] "And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry." -Rev . xi. 18. 2. To indulge in hilarity; to laugh; as, to make merry at a person's mistakes.