- 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.
- 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.
- His friends speak of his charm and gaiety in intimate intercourse, but among strangers he was silent and awkward, and produced the impression of being reserved and disdainful.
- Two years later he deprived the duke of Berry of the government of Languedoc. The opening years of Charles VI.'s effective rule promised well, but excess in gaiety of all kinds undermined his constitution, and in 1392 he had an attack of madness at Le Mans, when on his way to Brittany to force from John V.
- But their gaiety seemed to Prince Andrew mirthless and tiresome.
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