MER'RY, adjective 1. Gay and noisy; jovial; exhilarated to laughter. Man is the merriest species of the creation. They drank and were merry with him. Genesis 43:34. 2. Causing laughter or mirth; as a merry jest. 3. Brisk; as a merry gale. [This is the primary sense of the word.] 4. Pleasant; agreeable; delightful. To make merry to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. Judges 9:27.
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