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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Merry as a Cricket or ~~~as a Lark, As a Lark, or ~~~as a Grig. As a Grig. The French say, "Fou (or Folle) comme le branlegai, " and more commonly "Gai comme un pinson " (a chaffinch). "Branlegai" is a dance, but the word is not in use now. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheerfulness | Merry as a cricket, merry as a grig, merry as a marriage bell; joyful, joyous, jocund, jovial; jolly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy; blithesome; gleeful, gleesome; hilarious, rattling. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "MERRY AS A CRICKET"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | nagyon vidám (merry as a grig, merry as a lark), nagyon víg (merry as a grig, merry as a lark). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | errymay asay aay icketcray жизнерадостный (blithe, buoyant, debonair, eupeptic, good-humoured, jolly as sandboy, lively as a cricket, resilient, rose-coloured, zestful). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-i-k-m-r-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-3 letters: racetrackers. | |
-4 letters: racetracker. | |
-5 letters: caretakers, cricketers, racetracks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Bibliography |
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