gaiety
noun
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
gaieties
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pluralof gaiety.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But how do you know about those gaieties of Aleman and his pals?
From Time Magazine Archive
A Kennedy campaign always had the hereweareagain gaieties, that Irish quality of politics as frolic, overlaid with a unique elegance and a ruthlessness that advanced upon you with the brightest of teeth.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was reported that in Manhattan, at the height of the gaieties of a Russian ball, a toy balloon, playfully 'touched with a lighted cigarette, exploded, set fire to my hair.
From Time Magazine Archive
The idea of a sort of highborn Oxford, circa 1900, fits the play's alfresco gaieties, elaborate forms, donnish humor and prankish but decorous lovemaking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her Majesty must also have been aware that comments to the same effect were current in general society, where the accustomed gaieties of the Court remained at a standstill.
From Queen Victoria As I Knew Her by Sir Theodore Martin
