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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GA'YETY, n.
1. Merriment; mirth; airiness; as a company full of gayety.
2. Act of juvenile pleasure; the gayeties of youth.
3. Finery; show; as the gayety of dress.

Merriam Webster's

variant of gaiety

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of GAIETY.

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Written also Gaiety.] 1. Show, showiness, gaudiness, finery, glitter, brilliancy, tinsel, gaudiness, garishness, flashiness. 2. Liveliness, cheerfulness, joyousness, joviality, sprightliness, mirth, blithesomeness, merriment, glee, hilarity, jollity, vivacity, animation, good-humor, high spirits.