glee

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noun
  1. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.

  2. an unaccompanied part song for three or more voices, popular especially in the 18th century.

Origin of glee

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First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English glēo; cognate with Old Norse glȳ; akin to glow

synonym study For glee

1. See mirth.

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Other definitions for glee (2 of 2)

glee2
[ glee ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to squint or look with one eye.

noun
  1. a squint.

  2. an imperfect eye, especially one with a cast.

Origin of glee

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1250–1300; Middle English glien, gleen; perhaps <Scandinavian; compare Old Norse gljā to shine

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British Dictionary definitions for glee

glee

/ (ɡliː) /


noun
  1. great merriment or delight, often caused by someone else's misfortune

  2. a type of song originating in 18th-century England, sung by three or more unaccompanied voices: Compare madrigal (def. 1)

Origin of glee

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Old English gléo; related to Old Norse glӯ

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