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merriments

merriments is the plural of merriment.

Meaning of merriment

Noun

merriment (countable and uncountable, plural merriments)

  1. A state of enjoyable exuberance.
    • Hugh laughed again, and with such thorough abandonment to his mad humour, that his limbs seemed dislocated, and his whole frame in danger of tumbling to pieces; but Mr Tappertit, so far from receiving this extreme merriment with any irritation, was pleased to regard it with the utmost favour, and...1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge
  2. Playful fun.
    • Alas poore Yorick […] VVhere be your Jibes now? Your Gambals? Your Songs? Your flaſhes of Merriment that were wont to ſet the Table on a Rore?c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about merriments

What is merriments the plural of?
Merriments is the plural of merriment.

Words near merriments in the dictionary

  1. merrimake
  2. merrimakes
  3. merrimaking
  4. Merriman
  5. merriment
  6. merriments
  7. Merrimu
  8. merrin
  9. Merrinee
  10. merriness
  11. Merrington

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