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gaiety

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Noun
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gai=e=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

gaietyn. 
     Same as Gayety.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gaiety, n. (US gayety)
1 the state of being light-hearted or merry; mirth.
2 merrymaking, amusement.
3 a bright appearance.

Idiom
gaiety of nations the cheerfulness or pleasure of numerous people.
Etymology
F gaiet{eacute} (as GAY)

THESAURUS

gaiety

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

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