- the state or quality of being gay (adjective); cheerfulness
- pl. -·ties merrymaking; festivity
- finery; showy brightness
Origin of gaiety
French gaieté
A group displays gaiety at a party.
- Cheerful festivities and celebrations are an example of gaiety.
- A state of happiness is an example of gaiety.
Gaiety is defined as a state or feeling of being happy or cheerful, or it refers to entertainments, amusements or light-hearted fun.
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gaiety
also gay·e·ty
noun
pl. gai·e·ties, also gay·e·ties- A state of joyful exuberance or merriment; vivacity.
- Merry or joyful activity; festivity: making preparations for the holiday gaieties.
- Bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery.
Origin of gaiety
French gaieté from Old French from gai cheerful ; see gay .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural gaieties)
- (uncountable) The state of being happy.
- There was much gaiety at the ball.
- The decorations added greatly to the gaiety of the room.
- (countable) Merrymaking or festivity.
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Sentence Examples
- Pierre's gaiety vanished completely.
- This did not prevent the gatherings at Uisneach from being for ages celebrated for gaiety and amusement.
- The bright, gentle, fanciful plays--the ones I like best now--appear not to have impressed me at first, perhaps because they reflected the habitual sunshine and gaiety of a child's life.
- But their gaiety seemed to Prince Andrew mirthless and tiresome.
- In private life his gaiety, his buoyancy, his high breeding, made even his political opponents forget their differences; and even the warmest altercations on public affairs were merged in his large hospitality and cordial social relations.
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