gayety

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GA'YETY, noun 1. Merriment; mirth; airiness; as a company full of gayety 2. Act of juvenile pleasure; the gayeties of youth. 3. Finery; show; as the gayety of dress.
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