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Meaning of gaiety in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈɡeɪədi/

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  1. Noun

    gaiety

    Etymology

    mid 17th century: from French gaieté, from gai (see gay)

    Definitions

    1. a gay feeling
  2. 2. a festive merry feeling

Famous quotes

  • « Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. »
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  • « Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder. »
    Russell Baker
  • « Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. »
    Robert Louis Stevenson
  • « Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. »
    Plato

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