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merriment

[mer-i-, mer-ee-muhnt] / ˈmɛr ɪ-, ˈmɛr i mənt /


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In summoning so much mirth for its monument to merriment, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” cheerfully rages against the dying of the light.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Muslim merriment in New York and New Jersey is usually coached to keep a low profile.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025

A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

There shall be no more merriment, and in the words of Nat King Cole, it is time to straighten up and fly right.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025

This assertion generated immediate merriment among the restaurant owners and far finishers assembled in our living room.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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