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  • 1 fēstus

        fēstus adj.    [FES-], of holidays, festive, festal, solemn, joyful, merry: dies: tempus, H.: sabbata, Iu.: corona, O.: frons, V.: dapes, H.: loca, Ta.
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    festa, festum ADJ
    festive, joyous; holiday; feast day; merry; solemn

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  • 2 remissus

        remissus adj. with comp.    [P. of remitto], slack, loose, relaxed, languid: corpora: Venus et remisso Filius arcu, H.— Gentle, mild: remissior ventus, Cs.: remissiora frigora, Cs.—Fig., loose, slack, negligent, remiss: animus, Cs.: nostris animo remissis, Cs.: in labore, N.: remissior in petendo: mons festo, unguarded, Pr.—As subst n.: nihil remissi pati, no negligence, S.— Plur m. as subst: Oderunt agilem remissi, the slothful, H.— Relaxed, not rigid, indulgent, yielding: utrum remissior essem, an summo iure contenderem, less exacting: in sermone: in ulciscendo remissior.— Relaxed, good-humored, light, genial, merry, gay: cantūs remissiores: cum tristibus severe, cum remissis iucunde vivere: remissiore uti genere dicendi, to speak in a lighter vein: ioci, merry, O.— Low, cheap: remissior fuit aestimatio quam annona, below the market price.
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    remissa -um, remissior -or -us, remississimus -a -um ADJ
    relaxed/slack/sagging; loosly spaced; remiss; mild/gentle; free-and-easy/casual; lenient, forbearing; moderate, not intense/potent; low (valuation); fever-free

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  • 3 festum

    1.
    festus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. bhas, shine; lengthened from bha-; Gr. pha-, phainô, v. for; cf. feriae (fes-iae)], orig., of or belonging to the holidays (in opp. to the working-days), solemn, festive, festal, joyful, merry.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj. (syn.: sollennis, fastus).
    1.
    With expressions of time:

    festo die si quid prodegeris, profesto egere liceat,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10:

    die festo celebri nobilique,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 13:

    qui (dies) quasi deorum immortalium festi atque sollennes, apud omnes sunt celebrati,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

    Syracusani festos dies anniversarios agunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

    dies festus ludorum celeberrimus et sanctissimus,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 151; id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

    lux,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 42; Hor. C. 4, 6, 42:

    tempus,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 140; Juv. 15, 38:

    observare festa sabbata,

    id. 6, 159.—Hence,
    2.
    Transf., of everything relating to holidays:

    chori,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 8:

    clamores,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 24:

    corona,

    Ov. M. 10, 598; cf.

    fronde,

    Verg. A. 4, 459:

    dapes,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

    mensae,

    Sil. 7, 198; Val. Fl. 3, 159:

    lusus,

    Mart. 1, 1:

    pagus,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

    urbs,

    gay, merry, Sil. 11, 272; 12, 752:

    theatra,

    Ov. M. 3, 111:

    Lares,

    Mart. 3, 58, 23:

    licentiae,

    of the holidays, Quint. 6, 3, 17:

    pax,

    Ov. M. 2, 795; Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 23:

    plebs,

    Tac. A. 2, 69:

    domus ornatu,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    ritus,

    id. H. 5, 5:

    omina,

    id. A. 5, 4:

    cespes,

    Juv. 12, 2:

    janua,

    id. 12, 91.—As a term of endearment:

    mi animule, mea vita, mea festivitas, meus dies festus, etc.,

    my holiday, Plaut. Cas. 1, 49.—
    B.
    Subst.: festum, i, n., a holiday, festival; a festal banquet, feast ( poet. and late Lat. for dies festus):

    cur igitur Veneris festum Vinalia dicant, Quaeritis?

    Ov. F. 4, 877; 1, 190; id. M. 4, 390:

    forte Jovi festum Phoebus sollenne parabat,

    feast, id. F. 2, 247:

    cum dii omnes ad festum magnae matris convenissent,

    Lact. 1, 21, 25.—In plur.:

    Idaeae festa parentis erunt,

    Ov. F. 4, 182:

    festa venatione absumi,

    Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; Ov. M. 4, 33; 10, 431; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; id. Ep. 2, 2, 197; Vulg. Exod. 23, 14 al.; Greg. Mag. Homil. in Evang. 2, 26, 10; Lact. 1, 22, 24.—
    II.
    Meton., public, solemn, festal, festive, joyous (post-Aug. and rare):

    dolor,

    Stat. S. 2, 7, 134:

    festior annus,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 3:

    festissimi dies,

    Vop. Tac. 11:

    aures,

    i. e. gladdened, Claud. B. G. 206 (but in Stat. S. 2, 7, 90 the right read. is fata).
    2.
    Festus, i, m., a Roman surname.
    I.
    Sex. Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian of the fourth century A. D., author of a lexicographical work, De verborum significatione, in twenty books, of which only the last nine, in a very imperfect form, remain to us; with an abstract of the whole compiled by Paulus Diaconus in the eighth century. (Edited by Ottfr. Müller.)—
    II.
    Portius Festus, Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, Vulg. Acts, 25, 32 al.

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  • 4 Festus

    1.
    festus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. bhas, shine; lengthened from bha-; Gr. pha-, phainô, v. for; cf. feriae (fes-iae)], orig., of or belonging to the holidays (in opp. to the working-days), solemn, festive, festal, joyful, merry.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj. (syn.: sollennis, fastus).
    1.
    With expressions of time:

    festo die si quid prodegeris, profesto egere liceat,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10:

    die festo celebri nobilique,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 13:

    qui (dies) quasi deorum immortalium festi atque sollennes, apud omnes sunt celebrati,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

    Syracusani festos dies anniversarios agunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

    dies festus ludorum celeberrimus et sanctissimus,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 151; id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

    lux,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 42; Hor. C. 4, 6, 42:

    tempus,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 140; Juv. 15, 38:

    observare festa sabbata,

    id. 6, 159.—Hence,
    2.
    Transf., of everything relating to holidays:

    chori,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 8:

    clamores,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 24:

    corona,

    Ov. M. 10, 598; cf.

    fronde,

    Verg. A. 4, 459:

    dapes,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

    mensae,

    Sil. 7, 198; Val. Fl. 3, 159:

    lusus,

    Mart. 1, 1:

    pagus,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

    urbs,

    gay, merry, Sil. 11, 272; 12, 752:

    theatra,

    Ov. M. 3, 111:

    Lares,

    Mart. 3, 58, 23:

    licentiae,

    of the holidays, Quint. 6, 3, 17:

    pax,

    Ov. M. 2, 795; Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 23:

    plebs,

    Tac. A. 2, 69:

    domus ornatu,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    ritus,

    id. H. 5, 5:

    omina,

    id. A. 5, 4:

    cespes,

    Juv. 12, 2:

    janua,

    id. 12, 91.—As a term of endearment:

    mi animule, mea vita, mea festivitas, meus dies festus, etc.,

    my holiday, Plaut. Cas. 1, 49.—
    B.
    Subst.: festum, i, n., a holiday, festival; a festal banquet, feast ( poet. and late Lat. for dies festus):

    cur igitur Veneris festum Vinalia dicant, Quaeritis?

    Ov. F. 4, 877; 1, 190; id. M. 4, 390:

    forte Jovi festum Phoebus sollenne parabat,

    feast, id. F. 2, 247:

    cum dii omnes ad festum magnae matris convenissent,

    Lact. 1, 21, 25.—In plur.:

    Idaeae festa parentis erunt,

    Ov. F. 4, 182:

    festa venatione absumi,

    Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; Ov. M. 4, 33; 10, 431; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; id. Ep. 2, 2, 197; Vulg. Exod. 23, 14 al.; Greg. Mag. Homil. in Evang. 2, 26, 10; Lact. 1, 22, 24.—
    II.
    Meton., public, solemn, festal, festive, joyous (post-Aug. and rare):

    dolor,

    Stat. S. 2, 7, 134:

    festior annus,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 3:

    festissimi dies,

    Vop. Tac. 11:

    aures,

    i. e. gladdened, Claud. B. G. 206 (but in Stat. S. 2, 7, 90 the right read. is fata).
    2.
    Festus, i, m., a Roman surname.
    I.
    Sex. Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian of the fourth century A. D., author of a lexicographical work, De verborum significatione, in twenty books, of which only the last nine, in a very imperfect form, remain to us; with an abstract of the whole compiled by Paulus Diaconus in the eighth century. (Edited by Ottfr. Müller.)—
    II.
    Portius Festus, Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, Vulg. Acts, 25, 32 al.

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  • 5 festus

    1.
    festus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. bhas, shine; lengthened from bha-; Gr. pha-, phainô, v. for; cf. feriae (fes-iae)], orig., of or belonging to the holidays (in opp. to the working-days), solemn, festive, festal, joyful, merry.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj. (syn.: sollennis, fastus).
    1.
    With expressions of time:

    festo die si quid prodegeris, profesto egere liceat,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10:

    die festo celebri nobilique,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 13:

    qui (dies) quasi deorum immortalium festi atque sollennes, apud omnes sunt celebrati,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

    Syracusani festos dies anniversarios agunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

    dies festus ludorum celeberrimus et sanctissimus,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 151; id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

    lux,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 42; Hor. C. 4, 6, 42:

    tempus,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 140; Juv. 15, 38:

    observare festa sabbata,

    id. 6, 159.—Hence,
    2.
    Transf., of everything relating to holidays:

    chori,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 8:

    clamores,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 24:

    corona,

    Ov. M. 10, 598; cf.

    fronde,

    Verg. A. 4, 459:

    dapes,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

    mensae,

    Sil. 7, 198; Val. Fl. 3, 159:

    lusus,

    Mart. 1, 1:

    pagus,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

    urbs,

    gay, merry, Sil. 11, 272; 12, 752:

    theatra,

    Ov. M. 3, 111:

    Lares,

    Mart. 3, 58, 23:

    licentiae,

    of the holidays, Quint. 6, 3, 17:

    pax,

    Ov. M. 2, 795; Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 23:

    plebs,

    Tac. A. 2, 69:

    domus ornatu,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    ritus,

    id. H. 5, 5:

    omina,

    id. A. 5, 4:

    cespes,

    Juv. 12, 2:

    janua,

    id. 12, 91.—As a term of endearment:

    mi animule, mea vita, mea festivitas, meus dies festus, etc.,

    my holiday, Plaut. Cas. 1, 49.—
    B.
    Subst.: festum, i, n., a holiday, festival; a festal banquet, feast ( poet. and late Lat. for dies festus):

    cur igitur Veneris festum Vinalia dicant, Quaeritis?

    Ov. F. 4, 877; 1, 190; id. M. 4, 390:

    forte Jovi festum Phoebus sollenne parabat,

    feast, id. F. 2, 247:

    cum dii omnes ad festum magnae matris convenissent,

    Lact. 1, 21, 25.—In plur.:

    Idaeae festa parentis erunt,

    Ov. F. 4, 182:

    festa venatione absumi,

    Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; Ov. M. 4, 33; 10, 431; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; id. Ep. 2, 2, 197; Vulg. Exod. 23, 14 al.; Greg. Mag. Homil. in Evang. 2, 26, 10; Lact. 1, 22, 24.—
    II.
    Meton., public, solemn, festal, festive, joyous (post-Aug. and rare):

    dolor,

    Stat. S. 2, 7, 134:

    festior annus,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 3:

    festissimi dies,

    Vop. Tac. 11:

    aures,

    i. e. gladdened, Claud. B. G. 206 (but in Stat. S. 2, 7, 90 the right read. is fata).
    2.
    Festus, i, m., a Roman surname.
    I.
    Sex. Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian of the fourth century A. D., author of a lexicographical work, De verborum significatione, in twenty books, of which only the last nine, in a very imperfect form, remain to us; with an abstract of the whole compiled by Paulus Diaconus in the eighth century. (Edited by Ottfr. Müller.)—
    II.
    Portius Festus, Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, Vulg. Acts, 25, 32 al.

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  • 6 cōmissor (comm-)

        cōmissor (comm-) ātus, ārī, dep., κωμάζω, to revel, make merry, hold carnival: ad fratrem, L.: in domum alicuius, H.: comissantium curru, of revellers, L.—Supin. acc.: Phaedriam intromittamus comissatum, T.

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  • 7 ex-hilarātus

        ex-hilarātus adj.,    cheerful, merry.

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  • 8 facētus

        facētus adj. with sup.    [1 FAC-], fine, courteous, polite, gentle: mulier, T.: quemque facetus adopta, H.: qui (ambulet) facetus, in fine parade, H.—As subst n., elegance, grace: facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae, H.— Merry, witty, jocose, humorous, facetious: Socrates: narratores: facetus esse voluisti: ioco mordente, Iu.: facetissimus poëta: iocandi genus: ironia.— Plur n. as subst: faceta innumerabilia.
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    faceta, facetum ADJ
    witty, humorous; clever, adept

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  • 9 geniālis

        geniālis e, adj.    [genius], of generation, of birth, nuptial, genial: lectus, the bridal-bed: torus, V.—As subst m. (sc. lectus): in hortis Sternitur, Iu.: detracta ea geniali, L.— Of enjoyment, pleasant, delightful, joyous, agreeable, festive, genial: festum, O.: dies, Iu.: hiemps, V.: serta, O.: platanus, i. e. under which festivals were held, O.
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    genialis, geniale ADJ
    nuptial, connected with marriage; festive, merry, genial

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  • 10 hilaris

        hilaris e, adj., ἱλαρόσ, cheerful, of good cheer, lively, gay, blithe, merry, jocund, joyful: Oderunt hilarem tristes, H.: voltus: dies, Iu.: umbrae, Iu.
    * * *
    hilaris, hilare ADJ
    cheerful, lively, light-hearted

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  • 11 hilarus

        hilarus adj.    with comp, cheerful, gay, merry, blithe, jocund, joyful: Hilarum fac te, cheer up, T.: convivae: voltus: Saturnalia: multo hilarior, T.: hilariores oculi.
    * * *
    hilara, hilarum ADJ
    cheerful, lively, light-hearted

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  • 12 iocōsus

        iocōsus adj.    [iocus], full of jesting, jocose, humorous, droll, facetious, sportive: Maecenas, H.: Musa, O.: res: verba, O.: furtum, H.: Nilus (i. e. of the merry Egyptians), O.

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  • 13 libēns or lubēns

        libēns or lubēns entis, adj. with sup.    [P. of libet], willing, with readiness, with good will, with pleasure, glad: ego illud vero item feci ac lubens, T.: utrum libentes an inviti dabant?: tecum obeam libens, H.: me libente eripies mihi hunc errorem, to my satisfaction: animo gaudenti ac libenti: libentissimis animis eum recipiunt, Cs.: fecit animo libentissimo populus R.— Glad, happy, joyful, cheerful, merry: gnati in nuptiis, T.

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  • 14 quod

        quod adv. and conj.    [ acc n. of 1 qui].    I. As adv., in respect of which, as to what, in what, wherein: quod me accusat, sum extra noxiam, T.: siquid est Quod meā operā opus sit vobis, T.—After est or habeo, introducing that for which reason is given: in viam quod te des, nihil est, there is no necessity for you to, etc.: magis est quod gratuler tibi quam quod te rogem, I have more reason to congratulate, etc.: non est quod multa loquamur, we need not, H.— As to what, in so far as, to the extent that: Epicurus nunc, quod sciam, est ausus, etc.: homo, quod iuvet, curiosus.—In transitions, with a conj. or relat., in view of which, and in fact, but, and yet, accordingly, therefore, now: Quod si ego rescivissem id prius, and had I, etc., T.: tyranni coluntur... quod si forte ceciderant, tum, etc.: quod si regum virtus in pace valeret, S.: quod nisi pugnassem: quod nisi mihi hoc venisset in mentem: quod ut o potius formidine falsā Ludar, V.    II. As conj, that, in that: Quid est quod laetus es? i. e. why are you merry, T.: quid istuc est, quod te audio Nescio quid concertasse, etc., what means it, that? etc., T.: quanta est benignitas naturae, quod tam multa gignit: hoc uno praestamus feris, quod conloquimur, etc.: erat illud absurdum, quod non intellegebat: Sin autem pro eo, quod summa res p. temptatur, etc., in view of the fact that, etc.: ad id, quod sua quemque mala cogebant, evocati, etc., aside from the fact that, etc., L. — That, because, since, for: quod viris fortibus honos habitus est, laudo: gaudeo, quod te interpel<*>o: tibi ago gratias, quod me liberas: quod spiratis, indignantur, L.: doluisse se, quod populi R. beneficium sibi extorqueretur, Cs.: falso queritur genus humanum, quod regatur, etc., S.: laudat Africanum, quod fuerit abstinens.—After verbs of saying or omitting, that, the fact that, the remark that, to say that: non tibi obicio, quod hominem spoliasti: accedit, quod delectatur, besides, he takes pleasure: adicite ad haec, quod foedus dedimus, L.: Adde, quod didicisse artīs Emollit mores, O.: pauca loquitur, quod sibi gratia relata non sit, Cs.: ne hoc quidem (dictum est), quod Taurum ipse transisti?: nox testis, quod nequeam lacrimas perferre parentis, V.—Introducing an explanation, in that: commemorat beneficia... quod venerat, etc., Cs.: bene facis, quod me adiuvas, in helping me: fecit humaniter, quod ad me venit: prudenter Romanus fecit, quod abstitit incepto, L.—Introducing a fact for comment, as to the fact that, as respects this that: Tu quod te posterius purges... huius non faciam, T.: quod vero securi percussit filium, videtur, etc.: quod ius civile amplexus es, video quid egeris: respondit; quod castra movisset, persuasum, etc., Cs.; cf. quod sit (Aurora) spectabilis... ego Procrin amabam, i. e. though Aurora be (called) beautiful... I was in love with Procris, O.—Introducing an exception, that, as far as: omnes mihi labores fuere leves, Praeter quam tui carendum quod erat, save that, T.: haec honesta, praeterquam quod nosmet ipsos diligamus, esse expetenda: adverso rumore esse, superquam quod male pugnaverat, not to mention that, L.: Excepto quod, etc., H.: memento te omnia probare, nisi quod verbis aliter utamur: pestilentia incesserat pari clade in Romanos Poenosque, nisi quod fames, etc., L.: tantum quod hominem non nominat, save that.—Introducing a reason (as real), because, since, for, that: idcirco arcessor, quod sensit, etc., T.: filium suum, quod pugnaverat, necari iussit, S.: omnīs (morbos) eā re suscipi, quod ita videatur, etc.: ne me ideo ornes, Quod timui, etc., H.: haec a custodiis loca vocabant, quod non auderent, etc., Cs.: me accusas, non quod tuis rationibus non adsentior, sed quod nullis: magis, quia imperium factum est, quam quod deminutum quicquam sit, L.: Propterea quod amat filius, T.: haec dicta sunt ob eam causam, quod, etc.
    * * *
    I II
    because, as far as, insofar as

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  • 15 comesatio

    carousing, merry-making, feasting, revelry; Bacchanial procession/rioting (L+S)

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  • 16 comessatio

    carousing, merry-making, feasting, revelry; Bacchanial procession/rioting (L+S)

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  • 17 comisatio

    carousing, merry-making, feasting, revelry; Bacchanial procession/rioting (L+S)

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  • 18 comisor

    comisari, comisatus sum V DEP
    carouse, revel, make merry; hold a festive procession (L+S)

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  • 19 comissatio

    carousing, merry-making, feasting, revelry; Bacchanial procession/rioting (L+S)

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  • 20 comissor

    comissari, comissatus sum V DEP
    carouse, revel, make merry; hold a festive procession (L+S)

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  • Merry — f English: originally apparently an assimilated form of MERCY (SEE Mercy). In Dickens s novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), Mr Pecksniff s daughters CHARITY (SEE Charity) and Mercy are known as Cherry and Merry. Nowadays the name is usually bestow …   First names dictionary

  • merry — ► ADJECTIVE (merrier, merriest) 1) cheerful and lively. 2) Brit. informal slightly drunk. ● make merry Cf. ↑make merry DERIVATIVES merrily a …   English terms dictionary

  • merry — [mer′ē] adj. merrier, merriest [ME mery < OE myrge, pleasing, agreeable, akin to OHG murgi, short < IE base * mreĝhu , *mrĝhu , short > Gr brachys, L brevis, short: basic sense “lasting a short time, seeming brief”] 1. full of fun and… …   English World dictionary

  • Merry — Mer ry (m[e^]r r[y^]), n. (Bot.) A kind of wild red cherry. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • merry — index jocular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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