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gaiety
or gay·e·ty
[ gey-i-tee ]
/ ˈgeɪ ɪ ti /
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Definition of gaiety
noun, plural gai·e·ties.
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
Often gaieties. merrymaking or festivity: the gaieties of the New Year season.
OTHER WORDS FOR gaiety
1 merriment,
mirth,
glee,
jollity,
joyousness,
liveliness,
sportiveness,
hilarity,
vivacity,
cheerfulness,
joviality.
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Origin of gaiety
1625–35; <French
gaieté, equivalent to
gaigay +
-té-ty2OTHER WORDS FROM gaiety
su·per·gai·e·ty, nounWords nearby gaiety
gahnite,
GAI,
Gaia,
Gaia hypothesis,
Gaidhealtachd,
gaiety,
gaijin,
Gaikwar,
Gail,
Gaillard Cut,
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Words related to gaiety
good humor,
hilarity,
joie de vivre,
animation,
blitheness,
brightness,
brilliance,
cheer,
color,
conviviality,
effervescence,
elation,
entertainment,
exhilaration,
festivity,
frolic,
fun,
geniality,
gladness,
glee How to use gaiety in a sentence
The boat motored up the Nile River, a capsule of gaiety beneath a spotless February sky.
"Bulgari is for me the symbol of passion and of this vivid and colorful Roman gaiety," Bruni-Sarkozy said.
Her new joy and excitement, her gaiety and zest for life— all had been caused, not by himself, but by another.
Providence, interposing, made him a painter, and the gaiety of nations has been increased by the possession of some storks.
He hurried to the Hotel d'Ettres; but the scenes of careless gaiety he saw there, seemed only to chafe his mind.
Spontaneous gaiety was gone out of his cousin, whose attempts to be his normal self became forced and unsuccessful.
The usual excited happiness was less obvious, he thought, than usual, the mercurial gaiety wholly absent.
British Dictionary definitions for gaiety
noun plural -ties
the state or condition of being merry, bright, or lively
festivity; merrymaking
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