Merry

Merry (merry)
a.	(?)
Mer"ry
[Compar. Merrier (?); superl. Merriest.] [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg

Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.

They drank, and were merry with him. Gen. xliii. 34.

I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Shak.

Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.

Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Jas. v. 13.

Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, a merry jest.

"Merry wind and weather." Spenser.

Merry dancers. See under Dancer. -- Merry men, followers; retainers. [Obs.]

His merie men commanded he
To make him bothe game and glee. Chaucer.

-- To make merry, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. Judg. ix. 27.

Syn. -- Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful; joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.

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