Gayety

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gayety \Gay"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Gayeties}. [Written also {gaiety}.]
     [F. gaiet['e]. See {Gay}, a.]
     1. 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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     2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.
  
     Syn: Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee;
          blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See
          {Liveliness}.
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