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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a gay feeling [syn: gaiety, merriment]
2: a festive merry feeling [syn: gaiety, playfulness]

Merriam Webster's

also gayety noun (plural -eties) Etymology: French gaieté Date: 1634 1. merrymaking; also festive activity — often used in plural 2. high spirits ; merriment 3. elegance, finery

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (US gayety) 1 the state of being light-hearted or merry; mirth. 2 merrymaking, amusement. 3 a bright appearance. Phrases and idioms: gaiety of nations the cheerfulness or pleasure of numerous people. Etymology: F gaieté (as GAY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gaiety Gai"e*ty, n. Same as Gayety.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gayety Gay"e*ty, n.; pl. Gayeties. [Written also gaiety.] [F. gaiet['e]. See Gay, a.] 1. The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season. 2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress. Syn: Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See Liveliness.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Gaiety is a feeling, attitude, or atmosphere of liveliness and fun. Music rang out adding to the gaiety and life of the market. = joyfulness

Moby Thesaurus

Technicolor, animal spirits, animation, beatification, beatitude, bewitchment, blatancy, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, blitheness, bravery, brazenness, bright color, brightness, brilliance, buoyancy, capersomeness, celebration, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, chiffon, clinquant, cloud nine, color, colorfulness, coltishness, conviviality, crudeness, dash, dazzle, dazzlingness, delectation, delight, ecstasy, ecstatics, elan, elation, enchantment, entertainment, esprit, exaltation, exhilaration, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, exuberance, exultation, felicity, festivity, festoons, finery, flagrancy, flamboyance, flashiness, folderol, foofaraw, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery, friskiness, frolicsomeness, froufrou, fuss, gamesomeness, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, gayness, geniality, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, gladness, glare, glee, glitter, good cheer, good spirits, gorgeousness, gusto, happiness, heartiness, heaven, high spirits, hilarity, holiday-making, hoopla, intensity, intoxication, jauntiness, jazziness, joie de vivre, jollification, jollity, joviality, joy, joyance, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, larking, life, liveliness, loudness, luridness, mafficking, meretriciousness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, obtrusiveness, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, panache, paradise, paste, pinchbeck, piss and vinegar, playfulness, pleasantness, pleasure, pure color, racketing, radiance, rapture, ravishment, rejoicing, revel, reveling, revelment, revelry, revels, richness, rollicksomeness, rompishness, saturation, sensationalism, seventh heaven, shamelessness, showiness, skittishness, skylarking, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, sportiness, sportiveness, sprightliness, sunshine, superfluity, tawdriness, tinsel, transport, trappings, trickery, trumpery, unalloyed happiness, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, vividness, vulgarness, whoopee, winsomeness, zest, zestfulness, zip