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Definition: Merry |
MerryAdjective1. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh". 2. Offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening". 3. Quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Merry" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a mercy". |
Date "merry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Merry \Mer"ry\, adjective. [Comparative Merrier; superlative Merriest.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream being merry, or in merry company, denotes that pleasant events will engage you for a time, and affairs will assume profitable shapes. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Merry The original meaning is not mirthful, but active, famous; hence gallant soldiers were called "merry men;" favourable weather, "merry weather;" brisk wind, "a merry gale;" London was "merry London;" England, "merry England;" Chaucer speaks of the "merry organ at the mass;" Jane Shore is called by Pennant the "merry concubine of Edward IV." (Anglo-Saxon, mara, illustrious, great, mighty, etc.). (See Merry-Men .) 'Tis merry in hall, when beards wag all (2 Henry IV., act v. 3). It is a sure sign of mirth when the beards of the guests shake with laughter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth, featured as a central character throughout Tolkien's most famous work, The Lord of the Rings. Merry is a Hobbit, and one of Frodo's best friends. With his people skills, he really knows how to get around.One of Merry's best friends is Pippin, another Hobbit who joins the quest to destroy the One Ring. Merry is the Fellowship of the Ring's best connection to the outside world.
Because of his bravery, he earns the respect and squireship of King Théoden.
- See also : Middle-earth
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Meriadoc Brandybuck."
Synonyms: MerrySynonyms: brisk (adj), festal (adj), festive (adj), gala(a) (adj), gay (adj), jocund (adj), jolly (adj), jovial (adj), lively (adj), mirthful (adj), rattling (adj), snappy (adj), spanking (adj), zippy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday making. |
Amuse oneself, game; play a game, play pranks, play tricks; sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care; drive dull care away; frolic, gambol, frisk, romp; caper; dance; (leap); keep up the ball; run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure; paint the town red; see life; desipere in loco, play the fool. | |
Cheerfulness | Phrase: "a merry heart goes all the day"; "as merry as the day is long"; ride si sapis. |
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. | |
Congratulation | Verb: congratulate, gratulate; felicitate; give one joy, wish one joy; compliment; tender one's congratulations, offer one's congratulations; wish many happy returns of the day, wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year. |
Divorce | Widow, widower; relict; dowager; divorcee; cuckold; grass widow, grass widower; merry widow. |
Drunkenness | Adjective: drunk, tipsy; intoxicated; inebrious, inebriate, inebriated; in one's cups; in a state of intoxication;Noun: temulent, temulentive; bombed, smashed; fuddled, mellow, cut, boozy, fou, fresh, merry, elevated; flustered, disguised, groggy, beery; top-heavy; potvaliant, glorious; potulent; squiffy; overcome, overtaken; whittled, screwed, tight, primed, corned, raddled, sewed up, lushy, nappy, muddled, muzzy, obfuscated, maudlin; crapulous, dead drunk. |
Food | Live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse; (make merry); eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet. |
Rejoicing | Verb: rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars; congratulate oneself, hug oneself; rub one's hands, clap one's hands; smack the lips, fling up one's cap; dance, skip; sing, carol, chirrup, chirp; hurrah; cry for joy, jump for joy, leap with joy; exult; (boast); triumph; hold jubilee; (celebrate); make merry; (sport). |
Ridicule | Turn into ridicule; make merry with; make fun of, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; rally; scoff; (disrespect). |
Wit | Verb: joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes; perpetrate a joke; pun, perpetrate a pun; make fun of, make merry with; kid, kid around, fool around; set the table in a roar; (amuse). |
Jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae, levity, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae; standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto, plaisanterie, brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot, mot pour rire; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot,jeu d'esprit,epigram; jest book; dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest. | |
Adjective: witty, attic; quick-witted, nimble-witted; smart; jocular, jocose, humorous; facetious, waggish, whimsical; kidding, joking, puckish; playful; merry and wise; pleasant, sprightly, light, spirituel, sparkling, epigrammatic, full of point, ben trovato; comic. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It's talking, Merry! The tree is talking (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Merry Christmas, Harry (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; writing credit: John Hughes) Merry Christmas (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) So have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Chanukah, a Krazy Kwanzaa, a Tip Top Tet, and a solemn, eventful Ramadan (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) But sad or merry I must leave it now. Farewell (The Hobbit; writing credit: J.R.R. Tolkien; Romeo Muller) | |
Lyrics | 14 joys and a will to be merry (Sentimental Lady; performing artist: BOB WELCH; writing credit: Bob Welch) With a boulder on my shoulder feeling kinda' older I tripped the merry go round (Blinded By The Light (Bruce Springsteen); performing artist: MANFRED MANN) Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (Ain't No Place Like Home; performing artist: Prince) We ate, we drank, and we were merry, (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Clever | Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may diet. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Very Merry Cricket (1973) The Merry Wives of Tobias Rouke (1972) Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959) The Merry Widow (1958) A Merry Mix-up (1957) | |
Song Titles | Merry Xmas Everybody (performing artist: Slade) | |
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 | ... But here old merry Kate, and Nan, and Bess,... / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | At the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, 10 August 1942. In the background, at left, is the small steamer Merry Queen, of Augusta, Georgia. Credit: NAVY. |
 | General merry sunshine by Lucille Van Slyke. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Merry Christmas to everybody / Berryman. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Of course there's something to smile about -- Merry Christmas!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | 'First of all ... Merry Christmas!' / Oliphant. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Japanese cabinet in a merry mood--Premier Baron Tanaka (left) tells a good one to confreres at emperor's first army review. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The merry company. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Arcady"--"where all the leaves are merry". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Potomac Electric Power Co. commercial kitchens, restaurants and lighting. Merry Land Club I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Merry Go Round" by Gabino Travassos Commentary: "My daughter at the zoo. if you give a photo credit: Gabino Travassos ." | "Merry Go Round" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "Carousel at the Mission Beach boardwalk." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Dickens | Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at last for all of us. |
George Eliot | Ignorance... is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with it. |
Martial | You're obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there's no living with you, or without you. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They went beyond Saint Merry and found themselves |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The old man thrust out his bristly chin, and he regarded Ma with his shrewd, mean, merry eyes |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The hunters were formerly a numerous and merry crew here |
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| "Merry" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.43% of the time. "Merry" is used about 532 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 93.43% | 497 | 12,096 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.57% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Total | 100.00% | 532 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "merry" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Merry | First name Female | 7,000 | 1,152 |
| Merry | Last name | 2,000 | 6,743 |
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| "Merry" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a mercy". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Merry." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Mercia | Female | English | Mercy |
| Mercy | Female | English | N/A |
| Merry | Female | English | Mercy |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Merry Land Properties, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "merry": a bit merry ♦ a short life and a merry one ♦ as merry as a grig ♦ be merry ♦ eat drink and be merry ♦ get merry ♦ make merry ♦ make merry over ♦ make merry over smb. ♦ merry andrew ♦ merry bells ♦ merry christmas! ♦ merry christmas!! ♦ merry dancers ♦ merry go round ♦ Merry Hill ♦ merry maker ♦ merry making ♦ merry men ♦ merry mirthful ♦ merry prank ♦ merry tale ♦ merry widow ♦ the merry dancers ♦ To make merry ♦ wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "merry": Merry-andrew, merry-coloured, merry-eyed, merry-faced, merry-go, merry-goround, merry-go-round, merry-go-round(MGR)train, merry-go-rounds, Merry-go-world, merry-looking, merry-make, merry-makers, merry-making, merry-meeting, merry-thought. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "merry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vrolik (cheerful, gay). (various references) | |
Albanian | në qejf (high, peart), i gëzuar (airy, blithe, blithesome, canty, cheerful, coltish, glad, Gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, larky, lightsome, mirthful, oared, sprightly), i dehur pak, gazmor (cheerful, cheery, convivial, debonair, easygoing, exhilarated, gay, genial, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, jaunty, jocular, jocund, jollier, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light hearted, lively, mirthful, perky, riant, set up, zippy). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسرور (cheerful, delighted, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, pleased), مرح (airiness, airy, be merry, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyancy, buoyant, cheerful, cheerfulness, cheering, chirpy, exult, facetious, festive, fresh, frisk, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, fun, gaiety, gay, glee, gleeful, have fun, hilarious, hilarity, jaunty, jocose, jocosity, jocund, jolly, jovial, joviality, joy, joyful, joyfulness, joyous, kittenish, lark, light, lightsome, lively, make merry, merriment, merry making, mirth, mirthful, perkiness, perky, playful, playfulness, playing, rejoice, rollick, romp, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, vivacity, what fun, winsome), مبتهج (alacrity, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, debonair, delighted, delightful, elate, elated, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, mellow, mirthful, overjoyed, palmy, rejoicing, upbeat), سعيد (auspicious, blessed, blissful, blithe, carefree, felicitous, fortuitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy, happy go lucky, high, in high spirits, joyful, joyous, lucky, pi, pollyanna, providential, thankful, unstressed, upbeat), رشيق (active, agile, airy, alert, brisk, clever, dapper, facile, fleet, fluent, fluid, graceful, lightsome, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, lively, nimble, nippy, quick, ready, sharp, spry, svelte, swift, willowy, zippy), بهيج (airy, cheerful, convivial, festive, glad, happy, lovely, shiny, unstressed). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | развеселен (amused, elevated, exhilarated, jolly), радостен (cheerful, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jocund, joyful, joyous, lightsome, lusty, mirthful), шеговит (facetious, frolic, humorous, jesting, jocose, joky, macaronic, pleasant, prankish, quizzical, sportful, tricksy, waggish), весел (airy, blithe, blithesome, boisterous, bright, buoyant, canty, cheery, chirp, chirpy, colorful, colourful, coltish, convivial, daft, debonair, exhilarated, festal, gamesome, gay, genial, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, good humoured, good-humored, high, humorous, jaunty, jocular, jocund, joky, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light, light hearted, lightsome, lively, mellow, mirthful, peppy, perky, rackety, roistering, rollicking, rorty, rosy, saucy, slaphappy, sparkish, sportive, sporty, sprightly, swinging, upbeat, winsome), забавен (amusing, comic, comical, delayed, diverting, entertaining, funny, interesting, laughable, recreational, recreative, sportful), приятен (acceptable, agreeable, cheerful, clever, companionable, cozy, darling, easy, engaging, enjoyable, good, gracious, grateful, groovy, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, likely, luscious, musical, nice, nice-looking, not unwelcome, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, rose colored, rose coloured, sapid, satisfying, savoury, soft, sweet, sympathetic, toothsome, welcome), приветлив (affable, amiable, jovial, sweet), пийнал (blotto, exhilarated, fresh, glorious, groggy, half seas over, lit, mellow, muzzy, rocky, sprung, tipsy, vinous), дива черна череша. (various references) | |
Chinese | 僖 (cautious, joyful), 快活 (Jolly), 快樂 (happy). (various references) | |
Czech | veselý (blithesome, bright, cheerful, chirpy, convivial, exhilarated, gay, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, hilarious, humorous, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, light hearted, lively, mirthful, pleasant, rollicking, rorty, sportful, vivacious), stříknutý. (various references) | |
Danish | munter (cheerful, gay), alvorlig (cheerful, earnest, gay, serious, staid). (various references) | |
Dutch | goedgeluimd (gay), goedgehumeurd (gay). (various references) | |
Esperanto | gaja (cheerful, gay), bonhumora (gay). (various references) | |
Faeroese | kátur (adroit, agile, airy-fairy, alert, brisk, cheerful, frolic, frolicsome, gay, keen, petulant). (various references) | |
Farsi | خوشحال (Bouncy, Gay, Glad, Happy, Jolly, Sprightly, Wanton), خوش (Blissful, Blithe, Buxom, Gay, Good, Happy, Jocund, Sweet), شادکام (Upbeat), شاددل (Blithe), شاد (Cheery, Debonair, Exultant, Glad, Happy, Joyful). (various references) | |
Finnish | iloinen (cheerful, delighted, gay, pleased). (various references) | |
French | gai, joyeux. (various references) | |
German | fröhlich (blithe, blithesome, bright, brightly, cheerful, cheerfully, cheerily, festive, gay, gladly, gladsome, gleeful, happily, happy, jauntily, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, jovially, joyous, lighthearted, liltingly, merrily, mirthful, mirthfully, upbeat), lustig (amusing, blithe, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, droll, frolicsome, funny, gay, happy, hilarious, humorous, jocular, jocularly, jocund, jocundly, jolly, jovial, lazy, pert, sportive), vergnügt (amuses, blithe, cheerful, cheerfully, cheerily, enjoyable, gay, gleeful, happily, happy, hilarious, jolly, merrily, pleasant), heiter (alacritous, amusing, blithe, bright, brightly, buoyant, buoyantly, carefree, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, clear, fair, fine, funny, gay, gayly, genially, glad, happily, happy, humorous, humorously, jocund, jovial, jovially, lighthearted, mellow, mirthful, mirthfully, sanguine, serene, sunny, tranquil, untroubled). (various references) | |
Greek | κεφάτοσ (buoyant, cheerful, jaunty, jovial), χαρούμενοσ (cheerful, glad, jolly, joyful), φαιδρός (cheerful, gay, hilarious), εύθυμοσ (blithe, chirpy, convivial, debonair, festive, frabjous, gay, happy go lucky, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, light hearted, mirthful, resilient, sprightly, zippy), εύθυμος (convivial 2, gay, jolly, jovial, playful). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שמח (cheerful, delighted, gay, glad, gleeful, gleesome, happy, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, pleased), עליז (blithe, cheerful, festal, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, gay, hilarious, jocose, jocund, jolly, joyful, light hearted, mirthful, playful, sprightly), עלז (gay, joyful), נעלס (cheerful, gay, happy, jolly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vidám (amused, blithe, blithe as a lark, bobbish, cheerful, chirpy, comic, comical, daft, dashing, droll, exhilarated, felicitous, frisky, frolicsome, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, jaunty, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light hearted, light-hearted, mellow, mirthful, playful, rejoicing, rollicking, sprightly, sunny, to be in high spirits). (various references) | |
Icelandic | glaður (cheerful, gay, glad, happy), glaðlyndur (cheerful, gay). (various references) | |
Indonesian | meriah (gay), girang (cheerful, delightful, elate, glad, happy), gembira (bouncy, breezy, cheerful, exulant, gay, glad, happy, jolly, rejoice). (various references) | |
Italian | allegro (allegro, blithe, blithesome, breezy, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, frisky, frolicsome, gay, hilarious, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, laughing, light hearted, lightsome, lively, mirthful, perky, sportive, sprightly, sunny, wanton). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | メラミン樹脂 (Maryland, melamine resin, melancholia, melancholic, melancholy, Merry Christmas, merry-go-round). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | メリー . (various references) | |
Korean | 명랑한 (Gay). (various references) | |
Malay | gembira (cheerful, gay). (various references) | |
Norwegian | lystig (cheerful, gay, jolly). (various references) | |
Papiamen | alegre (cheerful, gay, glad, happy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | errymay.(various references) | |
Polish | wesoły (cheerful, gay). (various references) | |
Portuguese | alegre (alive, blithe, blithesome, bonny, boon, breezy, brisk, buoyant, buxom, canty, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, coltish, convivial, corky, diverting, entertaining, exhilarated, festal, festive, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, holiday, jaunty, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, larksome, laughing, light, light-hearted, lightsome, lively, mirthful, peart, resilient, slaphappy, sportful, sportive, sprightly, tipsy, vivid, volatile, winsome), jovial (blithe, blithesome, breezy, cant, canty, cheerful, convivial, debonair, gay, genial, jocular, joky, jolly, jovial, lively, mellow, mirthful, rakish, resilient, rollicking, sprightly, winsome). (various references) | |
Romanian | voios (cheerful, cheerfully, exhilarated, festival, genial, genially, glad, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, mellow, merrily, mirthful, saucy), vioi (active, alert, animated, breezy, bright, brisk, briskly, cheery, chirpy, crisp, full of beans, gamy, hasty, hoity toity, lightsome, lithe, live, lively, living, mercurial, mettlesome, nimble, nimbly, pleasant, quick-witted, racy, Randy, ready, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, vigorous, volatile), vesel (blithe, blithesome, boon, breezy, bright, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, chirpy, convivial, crank, debonair, elastic, feastful, festal, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, full-blooded, gaily, gamesome, gay, genial, glad, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, in full feather, in high feather, jauntily, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyfully, joyous, lively, mellow, mirthful, playful, pleasant, riant, saucy, sprightly, tails up, wanton), sãrbãtoresc (feastly, festal, festival, festive, holiday-like, solemn, splendid), plãcut (agreeable, cheerful, comely, dulcet, fine, genial, genially, gladsome, good, goodly, grateful, gratefully, gratifying, handsome, homey, kindly, likable, listenable, neat, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, smooth, snug, sweet), iute (agile, alert, alive, brisk, expeditious, fast, fleet, fleetingly, hasty, hot, hot tempered, lively, mercurial, nippy, peppered, peppery, piquant, pungent, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rattling, sharp, spanking, speedy, spirited, steep, strong, swift, swiftly, trippingly, violent, warm), glumeţ (amusing, facetious, funny, humorous, jestful, jesting, jocose, lively, playful, prankish, sly, wag, witty), frumos (artistic, artistical, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brave, calm, canny, catchy, choice, clean, delicate, enjoyable, fair, fine, flowing, gay, generous, good, good looking, goodly, greatly, handsome, handsomely, lovely, mild, neat, nice, nicely, personable, pretty, proper, settled, shapely, slowly, specious, well favored, well-favoured, well-featured), cu chef (elevated), bucuros (beatific, beatifical, cheerful, content, delighted, exhilarated, fain, gay, glad, gladly, gratified, lief, mirthful, pleased, readily, thankful, willingly, with a good grace), bine dispus (cheerful, crank, debonair, full of beans, full-blooded, good humoured, good-humored, in good spirits, jolly, mettlesome, tails up, well disposed), batjocoritor (abuser, cynical, derisive, flouting, jeering, jeeringly, mocker, mocking, sarcastic, sardonic, scoffer, scoffing, sneering), amuzat (amused). (various references) | |
Russian | веселый (blithe, blithesome, breezy, canty, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, convivial, corky, debonair, exhilarated, exhilarating, festive, frolic, gamesome, gay, gleeful, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light hearted, lightsome, lively, mirthful, perky, playful, pleasant, set up, sportful, sportive, sprightly). (various references) | |
Scottish | mear (playful, sportive, wanton), sultmhor (comely, fertile), subhach (cheerful), ruididh, àbhach. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veseo (blithe, blithesome, canty, cheerful, exuberant, festive, frolic, gay, happy, jocose, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, mirthful, perky, rejoicing, rollicking), vedar (cheerful, clear, cloudless, fair, gamesome, light, lighthearted, serene, unclouded), smešljiv (gay, risible), radostan (blithe, glad, gladdening, gladsome, gleesome, hilarious, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, rejoicing), živahan (abuzz, active, cheery, effervescent, live, mercurial, perky, pert, spirited, sprightly, vivacious). (various references) | |
Spanish | regocijado (elate, exhilarated, gleeful, jolly), divertido (amused, amusing, comic, comical, distrait, diverting, droll, enchanting, enjoyable, entertaining, funny, jolly), cereza (cerise, cherry), alegre (airy, blithe, blithesome, boon, breezy, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, chipper, Chirk, chirpy, chuffed, contentious, convivial, debonair, felicitous, gamesome, gay, glad, happy, high-spirited, holiday, jaunty, jocose, jolly, joyful, light, light hearted, lightsome, lively, mirthful, perky, pert, playful, pleased, rollicking, sportful, sporty, swinging, upbeat, zappy), alborozado (overjoyed). (various references) | |
Swedish | munter (blithe, breezy, cheerful, cheery, frolic, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, jocose, jocund, jolly, mirthful, sprightly), god (bonny, excellent, first rate, good, kind, nice, okay, satisfactory), glad (bonny, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, Chirk, chirpy, debonair, delighted, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, high, hilarious, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, pleased). (various references) | |
Turkish | mutlu (blissful, blithe, chuffed, contented, delighted, elated, felicitous, happy, palmy, rejoicing), neşeli (airy, animate, animated, blithe, boon, breezy, bright, bucked, buoyant, buoyed up, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, chirpy, cock-a-hoop, debonair, debonaire, easygoing, eupeptic, exhilarated, fit as a fiddle, full of beans, gamesome, gay, genial, gleeful, high, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lively, merrymaking, mirthful, perky, rambunctious, rollicking, slaphappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious), neşe verici, keyifli (blissful, bucked, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, cosy, delighted, elevated, fit as a fiddle, gay, in a good mood, jolly, jovial, pleasant, pleased, rejoicing, up), şen (blithe, breezy, cheerful, cheery, convivial, eupeptic, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, merrymaking, mirthful, sportive). (various references) | |
Turkmen | mes (cheerful, gay), sapaly (blessed, happy), юьweleс (joyful), юadyяan, юa (king, shah), hoюwagt (joyful), bдlзik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | святковий (convivial, ferial, festal, festival, festive, gala, holiday, jolly), черешня (bird cherry), веселий (airy, blithe, boon, breezy, bright, canty, cavalier, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, convivial, debonair, exhilarated, gay, happy go lucky, jolly, jovial, mirthful, perky, pleasant, rackety, sportful, sunny). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vui (amusing, diverting, merrily, mirthful, pleasant), thú vị (delectable, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pretty, rorty), dễ chịu (agreeable, nicely, pleasing, pleasurable, welcome). (various references) | |
Welsh | llawen (blithe, cheerful, gay, glad, joyful). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | festa, feste, festi, festis, festo, festos, festum, festus, hilaris. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | gai, jolif. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 17, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kardia eufrainomenh euektein poiei androV de luphrou xhrainetai ta osta |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Animus gaudens aetatem floridam facit spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ioyende inwit maketh briyt age; a drery spirit ful out drieth bones. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 17, Verse 22 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang kasingkasing nga malipayon maoy usa ka maayong tambal; Apan ang usa kamasulob-on nga espiritu nagapauga sa mga bukog. |
| Croatian | Veselo je srce izvrstan lijek, a neveseo duh suši kosti. |
| Danish | Glad Hjerte er godt for Legemet, nedslået Sind suger Marv af Benene. |
| Dutch | Een blij hart zal een medicijn goed maken; maar een verslagen geest zal het gebeente verdrogen. |
| Finnish | Terveydeksi on iloinen sydän, mutta murtunut mieli kuivuttaa luut. |
| French | Un coeur joyeux est un bon remède, Mais un esprit abattu dessèche les os. |
| German | Ein fröhlich Herz macht das Leben lustig; aber ein betrübter Mut vertrocknet das Gebein. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Kè kontan bay lasante. Men, lè ou kagou, w'ap deperi sou pye. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hati yang gembira menyehatkan badan; hati yang murung mematahkan semangat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hati yang bersukacita itu akan membaiki obat, tetapi hati yang berdukacita itu mengeringkan tulang. |
| Italian | Un cuore lieto fa bene al corpo, uno spirito abbattuto inaridisce le ossa. |
| Maori | ¶ He rongoa pai te ngakau koa; ki te maru ia te wairua, ka maroke nga wheua. |
| Norwegian | Et glad hjerte gir god lægedom, men et nedslått mot tar margen fra benene. |
| Portuguese | O coração alegre serve de bom remédio; mas o espírito abatido seca os ossos. |
| Rumanian | O inimq veselq este un bun leac, dar un duh mkhnit usucq oasele. - |
| Russian | чЕУЕМПЕ УЕТДГЕ ВМБЗПФЧПТОП, ЛБЛ ЧТБЮЕЧУФЧП, Б ХОЩМЩК ДХИ УХЫЙФ ЛПУФЙ. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "merry": merrymaker, merrymakers, merrymaking, merrymakings, merrythought, merrythoughts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "merry": unmerry. (additional references) | |
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"Merry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eerry, emry, erry, herry, Maerdy, magry, marby, margry, marrys, marvy, maury, mavry, mawry, meery, megry, mehr, meirr, meorr, mer, merey, merf, mergy, meri, Merie, merik, merm, mermy, Merq, merr, merra, Merrey, Merri, merrid, merrie, mersy, meru, merv, Mervy, Merwyn, Mery, meurtre, Mevryn, midry, mirri, mirrie, mirry, Morbry, morr, morrys, Mutry, Myrfyn, nerr, omery. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "merry" (pronounced me"rē) |
| 4 | m e" r ē | marry, remarry. |
| 3 | -e" r ē | airy, Barre, Berry, Bury, Canary, cherry, Clary, dairy, Derry, Jerry, Kerry, eyrie, fairy, ferry, Glengarry, hairy, Harry, nary, Parry, Perry, prairie, scary, sherry, skerry, Tarry, Terry, unwary, vary, very, wary, wherry. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-r-r-y" | |
-2 letters: err, rem, rye. | |
-3 letters: em, er, me, my, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-r-r-y" | |
+1 letter: murrey, rhymer. | |
+2 letters: mercery, mercury, merrily, murreys, remarry, rhymers, unmerry. | |
+3 letters: creamery, ferryman, ferrymen, formerly, gramarye, gramercy, hermitry, martyred, mulberry, numerary, rosemary, spermary, trumpery, yammerer. | |
+4 letters: barometry, comradery, crematory, dromedary, embracery, erythrism, gramaryes, marquetry, martyries, martyrize, mercenary, perfumery, pyrethrum, pyrometer, pyrometry, quarrymen, rhymester, temporary, termitary, yammerers. | |
+5 letters: astrometry, coryneform, daydreamer, embroidery, erythremia, erythrisms, gendarmery, gravimetry, hydrometer, hygrometer, hypermeter, improperly, intermarry, kerseymere, lumberyard, martyrized, martyrizes, merrymaker, nurseryman, nurserymen, peremptory, preemptory, preprimary, pyrethrums, pyrometers, pyrometric, radiometry, redemptory, remarkably, remarrying, rhymesters, spirometry, terpolymer, yardmaster. | |
| 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. | |
