merriment
/ˈmɛɹimɪnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Hugh laughed again, and with such thorough abandonment to his mad humour, that his limbs seemed dislocated, and his whole frame in danger of tumbling to pieces; but Mr Tappertit, so far from receiving this extreme merriment with any irritation, was pleased to regard it with the utmost favour, and even to join in it, so far as one of his gravity and station could, with any regard to that decency and decorum which men in high places are expected to maintain."
- "It is recorded that this remarkable prophecy, now largely fulfilled, was received with much merriment—an undeserved fate."
- "I made so merry with all of them, and the merriment complicated my family relations so much, that not even the devil can straighten it out."
- "Alas poore Yorick […] VVhere be your Jibes now? Your Gambals? Your Songs? Your flaſhes of Merriment that were wont to ſet the Table on a Rore?"
- "For to what purpose were it to clog our stomachs with dainties, junkets, and the like stuff, unless our eyes and ears, nay whole mind, were likewise entertained with jests, merriments, and laughter?"
Etymology
Etymology tree English merry Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English merriment From merry + -ment.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɛɹimɪnt/