merry
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adjective (merrier, merriest)
cheerful and lively: 元気で生き生きした
陽気な, 快活な, うきうきした, 楽しい(cheerful)
e.g. the narrow streets were dense with merry throngs of students: 狭い通りは陽気な学生の人だかりでいっぱいだった。
e.g. a merry grin.: 陽気な笑顔
(of an occasion or season) characterized by festivity and rejoicing: (行事や季節が)お祭り気分と歓喜で特徴づけられた
e.g. he wished me a merry Christmas.: 彼は私にクリスマスおめでとうと言った。
informal slightly and good-humoredly drunk: わずかに、人懐こく酔っ払った
⦅主に英・くだけて⦆ ; 〖be ~〗 ほろ酔いの
e.g. after the third bottle of beer he began to feel quite merry.: 3本目のビールの後彼はそこそこ酔い始めた。
PHRASES
go on one's merry way
informal carry on with a course of action regardless of the consequences.
make merry
enjoy oneself with others by dancing and drinking.
the more the merrier
the more people or things there are, the better or more enjoyable a situation will be.
DERIVATIVES
merriness | ˈmerēnəs | noun
ORIGIN
Old English myrige‘pleasing, delightful’, of Germanic origin; related to mirth.