merriment (meriment)

[ riment. Yet was there not with her else any one, That to her might move cause of meriment. merryman The Merry Monarch, Charles II. of England. -The more the merrier, the larger the company the greater the en- joyment. But vchon enle we wolde were fyf, The mo the myryer so god me ble e. His deep eye laughter-stirr'd With merriment of kingly pride. merry or glad; please; gratify; delight. [Rare.] Though pleasure merries the senses for a while, yet horror after vultures the unconsuming heart. Feltham, Resolves, p. 43. merryl (mer'i), adv. [ Tennyson , Arabian Nights. 2. The act of making merry; mirthful enter- tainment; frolic. A number of merriments and jests wherewith they ryl, a.] have pleasantly moved much laughter at our manner of serving God. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 30. We therefore met your loves In their own fashion, like a merriment . Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 794. Some menial servants of mine own are ready For to present a merriment . Ford, Fancies, v. 3. =Syn. See jolly . merrine (mer'i-nes), n. 1. The qu [Rare.] [ quality of being merry; mirthfulne . IMG:content-0507.png:[blocks in formation] An Irish man caught a merrow, with her enchanted cap lying beside her. Baring - Gould , Myths of the Middle Ages, p. 505.