gaiety

Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ.ə.ti/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French gaieté, from gai. By surface analysis, gay + -ety.

In classic literature

Synonyms

merriment

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
happiness
Narrower (hyponyms)
hilarity, jollity, jocundity

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