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MERRIMENT

• MERRIMENT (noun)
The noun MERRIMENT has 2 senses:

1. a gay feeling
2. activities that are enjoyable or amusing

Familiarity information: MERRIMENT used as a noun is rare.

• MERRIMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A gay feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

gaiety; merriment

Hypernyms ("merriment" is a kind of...):

happiness (emotions experienced when in a state of well-being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "merriment"):

glee; gleefulness; hilarity; mirth; mirthfulness (great merriment)

jocularity; jocundity (a feeling facetious merriment)

jolliness; jollity; joviality (feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Activities that are enjoyable or amusing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fun; merriment; playfulness

Context examples:

I do it for the fun of it / he is fun to have around

Hypernyms ("merriment" is a kind of...):

diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)

"Eat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry."
(English proverb)
"The body builds up with work, the mind with studying."
(Albanian proverb)
"Over a long distance, you learn about the strength of your horse; over a long time, you learn about the character of your friend."
(Chinese proverb)
"He who puts off something will lose it."
(Corsican proverb)

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