Definition of gayety

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Gayety (a.) The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season..

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Frisker :: Frisker (n.) One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.
Frolicly :: Frolicly (adv.) In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety.
Pleasantry :: Pleasantry (n.) That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage..
Sprightly :: Sprightliness (n.) The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.
Mirth :: Mirth (n.) Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.
Levity :: Levity (n.) Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
Festivity :: Festivity (n.) The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
Merriment :: Merriment (n.) Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic..
Frolic :: Frolic (n.) A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking..
Jocundity :: Jocundity (n.) The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.
Jollity :: Jollity (n.) Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.
Joy :: Joy (n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Sardonic :: Sardonic (a.) Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety..
Merriness :: Merriness (n.) The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety, with laughter..
Galliardise :: Galliardise (a.) Excessive gayety; merriment.
Jolly :: "Jolly (superl.) Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety..
Airiness :: Airiness (n.) Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons..
Frolicsome :: Frolicsome (a.) Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.
Gayety :: Gayety (a.) The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season..
Gayety :: Gayety (a.) Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress..
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