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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MER'RIMENT, n. Mirth; gayety with laughter or noise; noisy sports; hilarity; frolick.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a gay feeling [syn: gaiety, merriment]
2: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: fun, merriment, playfulness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1574 1. lighthearted gaiety or fun-making ; hilarity 2. a lively celebration or party ; festivity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 exuberant enjoyment; being merry. 2 mirth, fun.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Merriment Mer"ri*ment, n. Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic. ``Follies and light merriment.'' --Spenser. Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Merriment means laughter. (OLD-FASHIONED)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Mirth, jollity, gayety, hilarity, joviality, sportiveness, jocularity, liveliness, frolic, noisy sport, laughter.

Moby Thesaurus

amusement, blithesomeness, buoyancy, celebration, cheer, cheerfulness, conviviality, elation, enjoyment, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, festivity, flippancy, frivolity, fun, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, good cheer, good spirits, happiness, heartiness, high glee, high spirits, hilariousness, hilarity, holiday-making, hoopla, jocularity, jocundity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, larking, laughter, levity, mafficking, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, racketing, raucous happiness, rejoicing, revel, reveling, revelment, revelry, revels, roguishness, show of joy, skylarking, sportiveness, trickery, trickiness, triumph, waggery, waggishness, whoopee