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['merɪ]1) (happy) allegro, gaio2) colloq. (tipsy) allegro, brillo, alticcio3) ant. (anche merrie)merry England — = l'Inghilterra felice del periodo elisabettiano
••the more the merrier! — prov. più si è, meglio è
to make merry — fare festa o baldoria
to give sb. merry hell — colloq. mettere qcn. nei casini
* * *['meri]1) (cheerful; noisily or laughingly lively etc: merry children; a merry party.) felice, allegro2) (slightly drunk: He's been getting merry on whisky.) allegro•- merrily- merriness
- merriment
- merry-go-round
- merrymaking
- merrymaker* * *merry /ˈmɛrɪ/a.2 (arc.) bello; dolce; ameno3 (fam.) brillo; alticcio● merry-andrew, buffone; pagliaccio □ (stor.) Merry England, l'Inghilterra Felice ( della regina Elisabetta I) □ merry-go-round, giostra; carosello; (fig.) attività frenetica □ merry-making, festa; baldoria; divertimento □ (stor.) the Merry Monarch, il Re Libertino ( Carlo II: 1649-85) □ Merry Christmas!, buon Natale!; felice Natale! □ to make merry, far festa; far baldoria.* * *['merɪ]1) (happy) allegro, gaio2) colloq. (tipsy) allegro, brillo, alticcio3) ant. (anche merrie)merry England — = l'Inghilterra felice del periodo elisabettiano
••the more the merrier! — prov. più si è, meglio è
to make merry — fare festa o baldoria
to give sb. merry hell — colloq. mettere qcn. nei casini
См. также в других словарях:
Merriness — Mer ri*ness, n. The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety, with laughter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
merriness — merry ► ADJECTIVE (merrier, merriest) 1) cheerful and lively. 2) Brit. informal slightly drunk. ● make merry Cf. ↑make merry DERIVATIVES merrily a … English terms dictionary
merriness — noun see merry … New Collegiate Dictionary
merriness — See merrily. * * * … Universalium
merriness — noun The property of being merry … Wiktionary
merriness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth,… … English dictionary for students
merriness — merɪnɪs n. happiness, gladness, cheerfulness … English contemporary dictionary
merriness — mer·ri·ness … English syllables
merriness — noun the trait of merry joking • Syn: ↑jocoseness, ↑jocosity, ↑humorousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑humorous (for: ↑humorousness), ↑merry, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
humorousness — noun the trait of merry joking • Syn: ↑jocoseness, ↑jocosity, ↑merriness • Derivationally related forms: ↑humorous, ↑merry (for: ↑merriness), ↑jocose … Useful english dictionary
jocoseness — noun the trait of merry joking • Syn: ↑jocosity, ↑merriness, ↑humorousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑humorous (for: ↑humorousness), ↑merry ( … Useful english dictionary