gayety

[ gey-i-tee ]

/ ˈgeɪ ɪ ti /

a variant of gaiety.

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Hitherto, said he, my life has been too much a life of gayety and action, to be busied so innocently.
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded|Samuel Richardson
But there was this noticeable in Gertrude: whatever took away from her gayety increased her tenderness.
The Pilgrims Of The Rhine|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There was no laughter, none of the gayety with which one has so often reproached this race—but neither were there any tears.
A Hilltop on the Marne|Mildred Aldrich
Gayety, wit, and ingenuity are their ruling character: they aspire not to the sublime; still less to the pathetic.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.|David Hume

"There is no 'good angel' of the Gayety—the very atmosphere of that place would soil an angel's wing," he exclaimed hotly.
Beth Norvell|Randall Parrish