merrymake
merrymake verb: to make merry, have fun, celebrate.
Verb
merrymake (third-person singular simple present merrymakes, present participle merrymaking, simple past and past participle merrymade)
- To make merry, have fun, celebrate.
- Drawing near, / Loud from the chambers of the bridge below, / Sounds of carousal came and song, / And unveiled women bade the advancing youth / Come merry-make with them.1801, Robert Southey, “The Sixth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 45
Noun
merrymake (plural merrymakes)
- Merry-making, celebration, festivity.
- when he saw her toy, and gibe, and geare, / And passe the bonds of modest merimake, / Her dalliance he despisd, and follies did forsake.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Forms of merrymake
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | merrymakes |
| present participle | merrymaking |
| past participle | merrymade |
| past | merrymade |
| Noun | |
| plural | merrymakes |
Origin of merrymake
From make merry.
Questions about merrymake
- What does merrymake mean?
- Merrymake means to make merry, have fun, celebrate.
- What part of speech is merrymake?
- Merrymake can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of merrymake?
- The past tense of merrymake is merrymade.
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