Reverse Dictionary: MERRY

ADJECTIVES
► BOUSUM merry → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry → 1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► CANT bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► CANTIE ► CANTY pleasant, cheerful; merry, brisk, lively → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CATCHIE ► CATCHY merry, jocund → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CHEERIO cheerful, merry, in good spirits → 1918
► CHEERO cheerful, merry, in good spirits → 1915 obs.
► CHERRY-MERRY cheerful, merry, especially from conviviality; slightly inebriated → 1775 sl.
► CHIPPY cheerful, merry → 1900s sl.
► CHIRPY said of someone who is cheerful or merry → 1837 sl.
► CHUFFY jolly, merry, friendly → 1840 UK sl.
► COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health → 1691 Eng. dial.
► COCK-A-LILTY in a merry mood → 19C Eng. dial.
► CRANK lively, brisk, in high spirits; lusty, sprightly, merry; aggressively high-spirited, disposed to exult or triumph, cocky → 1499
► CRANKING lively, brisk, in high spirits; lusty, sprightly, merry → 1567 obs.
► CRANKY brisk, merry, lively, disposed to exult, high-spirited, cheerful → 1811 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► CRANNY brisk, merry, jovial. lively, disposed to exult → 1673 Eng. dial.
► ECKLE-FECKLE cheerful, merry, gay; also applied to one who possesses a sound and penetrating judgement → 1825 Sc.
► FAIRISH merry with drink → 1888 Eng. dial.
► FESTIVOUS festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful → 1654
► GAMELY sportive, merry → c1425 obs.
► GAMESOME frolicsome, merry, playful, sportive → c1350
► GAY of persons, their attributes, and actions: full of joy and mirth; light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry → a1310
► GAYISH somewhat merry → 1824
► GLEESOME merry, gay, joyous, gleeful, lively → 1603 arch. or Eng. dial.
► GRIG merry, lively, happy → 1894 Eng. dial.
► GRIGGISH merry → 1879
► HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial → 1724 chiefly Sc.
► HILAIRE gay, cheerful, merry → 1575 obs.
​​► JOCANT mirthful, merry, gay, jocund → c1440 obs.
► JOCATORY characterized by joking; jocular, jesting, merry → 1576 obs.
► JOCULATORY having the character of a jester; uttered in jest; jocular, droll, humorous, sportive, merry, jesting → 1623 obs.
► JOLIOUS merry, jolly, joyful, full of jollity → 1575 obs.
► JOVY jovial, merry, gay → 1426 obs.
► JUCUND jocund, mirthful, cheerful, merry, blithe, gay, sprightly, light-hearted; pleasant, delightful → 1596 obs.
► JUNKETACEOUS given to merrymaking → 1760 obs.
► JUNKETOUS given to merrymaking → 1830 obs.
► LARKISH adj. fond of a lark or a piece of merriment or mischief; frolicsome, sportive → 1882 colloq.
► LIGHTSOME not weighed down by care, pain, or sorrow; light-headed, cheerful, merry; also, enlivening, entertaining → a1366
► LUDITORY merry, sportive, playful → 19C
► LUSTICK merry, jolly; chiefly used with reference to drinking → a1616 obs.
► LUSTY of persons and their attributes: joyful, merry, jocund; cheerful, lively → a1225 obs.
► MERRIMENTAL merry; noisy → 1821 Eng. dial. obs.
► MIRKY ► MURKIE merry, gay, light-hearted → 1790 Sc. 
► OLY-PRANCING boisterously merry → 1790 Eng. dial.
► QUIRKY playful, witty, merry, good-humoured → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RAFFIN roistering, merry, boisterously hearty → 1721 Sc.
► RAFFING merry, hearty; noisy → 1719 Sc.
► RAG-TIME merry → 1901 colloq.
► TIP-MERRY merry with liquor, slightly intoxicated → 1612 sl. obs.
► TITTUPING rollicking, lively, merry → 1796
► TOORAL-OORAL partially intoxicated; merry with drink → 19C Eng. dial.
► VADY proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry → 1733 Sc.
► VAUDIE ► VAUDY ► VOUDIE cheerful, merry, gay, elated, delighted → c1720 Sc.
► VOCKIE merry, gay, light-hearted, happy → c1715 Sc. 
► VOGGY ► VOGIE merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, light-hearted, happy → c1715 Sc.
► WADDIE ► WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry → 1733 Sc.

ADVERBS
► CADGILY cheerfully, merrily → a1724 Sc.
► CADGY happily, merrily, cheerfully → 1896 Sc.
► CAGILY gaily, merrily, cheerfully → 1724 Sc.
► CAIGY happily, merrily, cheerfully → 1896 Sc.
► CANTILY pleasantly; merrily → 1790 Sc.
► CANTY contentedly, merrily, cheerfully → 1856 Sc.
► CHEERLY in a cheerful, merry, or lively manner; cheerily → 1546 obs.
► DAFTLY merrily, gaily → 1789 Sc.
► FEASTLY as men do at a feast; merrily → c1250 obs.
► HEARTSOMELY cheerily, merrily, joyously, blithely → 1732 Sc.
► LUSTICK merrily, jovially → 1607 obs.
► MERDLY merrily → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

INTERJECTIONS
► CARE-AWAY! an exclamation of merriment or recklessness; away with care! → 1440 obs.

NOUNS
► AUL’ DAY the day after a merrymaking when no work is done → 1785 Sc.
► BAL noise; uproar; merriment → 1908 Sc.
► BALTIORUM riotous proceedings; the boisterous merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOB’S-A-DYING a great row or racket; boisterous merriment → 1872 Eng. dial.
► BOBSY-DIE boisterous merriment → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CAKES AND ALE merrymaking; all the good things of life; material pleasures; pleasant food; good living → c1570
► DAFFER merriment → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DAFFERY merriment, fun; romping → 1790 Sc.
► DAFFING frolicking, toying, merriment → 1535
► DAFFLIN fooling, merriment → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAFFRY merriment, fun; romping → 1790 Sc.
► DAFT DAYS a time of frivolity and merriment; hence, one’s youth → 1822 Sc.
► DERAY uproar, merriment, noise, disorder, chaos, disarray; a noisy party → 1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DILDAM a loud noise made at a wedding or merrymaking → 1884 Eng. dial.
► FLASH a burst of wit or merriment → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► GALE singing, a song; merriment; mirth → c1200 obs.
► GALRAVITCHING riotous living, feasting; a noisy merrymaking → 1820 Sc.
► GAMMON a joke, trick; play, sport, merriment → 1869 Eng. dial.
► GANSE merriment, hilarity, liveliness → 1900 Eng. dial.   (Bk.)
► GAUDEAMUS a college-students’ merry-making → 1823
► GAUDING a making merry; jesting; scoffing → a1553 obs.
► GAUDY rejoicing, joy; a festival, merry-making → 1535 obs.
► GAYNESS delight, merriment, pleasure → 1377 obs.
► HAYDIGEES ► HIGH-DEGREES ► HIGHDIGEES high spirits; merriment, roistering → 1829 Eng. dial.
► JAFFLING merriment, banter → 1830 Sc.
► JAUL ► JAWL ► JOL a good time, merry-marking, enjoyment, entertainment → 1950s S. Afr.
► JOLLIMENT mirth, merriment, jollity, gaiety → 1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► JOLLING merry-making, ‘partying’ → 1980s S. Afr.
► JOLLY a good time; a spree; a party; a merry-making → 1905 colloq.
► JUCUNDITY enjoyment, merriment, glee → 1575
► JUNKETING a feasting, banqueting, or merrymaking → 1555
► LARK a frolicsome adventure; a spree; a piece of merriment or mischief; fun of any kind; a trick → 1802 colloq.
► MOLLY-PRANCE a merrymaking → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OLIPRANCE ► OLY-PRANCE rude, boisterous merriment; a romp → c1700 Eng. dial.
► ONCARRY a stir, a bustle, a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour, merriment, frolic → c1850 Sc.
► POTLATCH an extravagant party or bout of merrymaking → 1902 Amer. dial.
► RANDAN n. a drunken carousal or riot; riotous or disorderly behaviour; a spree; a noisy merrymaking → c1710
► RANDY a frolic; a merrymaking; a drunken carousal → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RANDY-GO a noisy merrymaking or revel → 1825 Eng. dial.
► RANDY-ROW a noisy merrymaking; a disturbance → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RANT a boisterous, riotous frolic or merrymaking; a spree → 1675 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RAPS sports, games, merrymakings → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REVEL-ROUT uproarious revelry; boisterous merriment; tumultuous festivity; an occasion of revelling, a revel; a rough, noisy, and indecent gathering or carouse → a1553 obs.
► SCAFF diversion, merriment → 1802 Sc. obs.
► TANSY a merrymaking in a public-house → 1857 Eng. dial.
► TANSY-CAKE a merrymaking → 1846 Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CRICKET a lively or merry person → 1621 arch.
► GALLIARD a gay, lively fellow; a brisk, merry, pleasant person → 1768 arch. 
► GAMESTER a merry, sportive, or frolicsome person → 1616 obs.
► GAY GREEK a merry, boisterous or dissolute person; a roisterer; a person of loose habits → 1536
► GIGLET 1. a giddy, laughing, romping girl; a merry, light-hearted, playful girl → a1340
2. applied to a man: one excessively given to merriment → 1529 obs.
► GIGLO ► GIGLOT a merry, light-hearted, laughing, romping girl; a giddy, silly, thoughtless girl → a1340
► GINKIE a merry, light-hearted, playful girl; a giglet → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GRIG a merry companion; a cheerful, lively person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ORGIAST a merrymaker given to excessive indulgence → 1791-3
► PATTICK a fool, simpleton, a silly person; one who talks nonsense; a merry fellow → 1856 Eng. dial.
► PICKLE-HERRING a merry companion; a wag → 1887 sl.
► RAMPS a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAD DOG a merry fellow, a gay man; a man given to joking → 1865 sl.  (Bk.)

VERBS
► BE ON THE MERRY-PIN to be excited or merry → 1790 Eng. dial.
► CAROL to dance and sing, to make merry → a1300 obs.
► CHEER to feast, to make merry  → 1553-77 obs.
► GAMF ► GAMP ► GAMPH ► GAUMP to be foolishly merry; to laugh loudly → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GAUD ► GAWD to make merry; to sport, to jest; to scoff at → 1532 obs.
► GO ON A LARK ► HAVE A LARK to be mischievously merry; to go on a spree → c1815 colloq.
► HILARATE to make merry, cheerful, or gay; to exhilarate → 1623 obs.
► JOVIALIZE to make merry, to be jovial → 1640 obs.
► JUNKET to hold or attend a banquet or feast; to make merry, to celebrate, esp. with eating and drinking → 1607 obs.
► LARK to play, esp. the fool; to be mischievously merry; to go on the spree → 1813 colloq.
► MAKE GLAD CHEER to feast, to make merry → c1330
► MAKE GOOD CHEER to feast, to make merry → 1693
► MAKE MERRY CHEER to feast, to make merry → 1487
► MARDLE to indulge in merrymaking; to drink together → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly → 1598
► SIMPER LIKE A FURMITY-KETTLE to smile; to look merry or cheerful → 18C colloq.
► SIMPER LIKE A POT THAT’S READY TO RUN OVER to smile; to look merry or cheerful → 1631 colloq.
► TAKE A LARK to be mischievously merry; to go on a spree → c1815 colloq.