What does gayety mean?

gayety

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

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"During the present gayety of the house, however, the poor girl has gone about with a face full of trouble, and to use the housekeeper's words, "has fallen into a sad hystericky way lately.""
"Amid all the splendor and gayety of fashionable life in Italy, the Sea-flower was never so happy as when seated in the ivy bower, which looked out upon a little lake, the same which had been her mother's favorite place of retreat [...]"

gayeties (plural)

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