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merrier


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Merry  \Mer"ry\,  a.  [Compar.  {Merrier};  superl.  {Merriest}.]  [OE. 
  merie,  mirie,  murie,  merry,  pleasant,  AS  merge,  myrige 
  pleasant;  cf  murge,  adv.;  prob.  akin  to  OHG.  murg,  short, 
  Goth.  gama['u]rgjan  to  shorten;  cf  L.  murcus  a  coward,  who 
  cuts  off  his  thumb  to  escape  military  service;  the 
  Anglo-Saxon  and  English  meanings  coming  from  the  idea  of 
  making  the  time  seem  short.  Cf  {Mirth}.] 
  1.  Laughingly  gay;  overflowing  with  good  humor  and  good 
  spirits;  jovial;  inclined  to  laughter  or  play;  sportive. 
 
  They  drank,  and  were  merry  with  him  --Gen.  xliii. 
  34. 
 
  I  am  never  merry  when  I  hear  sweet  music.  --Shak. 




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