merrymakingn.
/ˈmɛrɪˌmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɛriˌmeɪkɪŋ/ The action of celebrating; revelling; conviviality; (also) an instance of this, a festive occasion, a party.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun]
treschec1290
laetificationc1485
gossiping1557
special occasion1574
merry-meeting1597
merrymaking1618
frolic1645
merriment1663
rush1788
convivialities1830
merrymake1833
upshot1837
ball1879
spurt1885
sing-sing1899
jolly1905
rage1980
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun]
dreamOE
man-dreamOE
gleea1200
galec1200
bauderyc1386
oliprancec1390
cheera1393
gaynessc1400
disportc1405
joyousitiea1450
festivitya1500
lakea1500
gaiety1573
merriment1574
jucundity1575
galliardise?1577
jouissance1579
merrymake1579
jolliment1590
mirth1591
jollyhead1596
spleen1598
jocantry16..
geniality1609
jovialty1621
jocundry1637
gaietry1650
sport1671
fun1726
galliardism1745
gig1777
merrymaking1779
hilarity1834
rollick1852
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun]
mirthOE
joyc1275
jollitya1300
joy-makingc1330
good fellowship?c1430
wine and womena1450
junketing1555
merrymake1579
gaiety1612
jovialty1621
joviality1626
mirth-making1638
jovialness1658
jollitry?c1685
goodfellowhood1716
merrymaking1779
conviviality1791
jollification1818
making-merry1823
carnivalizing1841
skite1869
Wein, Weib, und Gesang1885
balling1942
1618 B. Holyday Τεχνογαμια iv. v 'Twas Phantastes; that had bin at the same merry-making with me.
1624 Star Chamber Proc. James I in Library (1928) 8 239 Into a Taverne he her got. Where wth much merry makeing. In litle tyme they fayled not, to keepe the widdow wakeing.
1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 146 If a woman at a Merry-making dresses in Man's Cloathes.
1779 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 305 Her..gay, Laughing Face inspires an almost immediate wish of conversing & merry making with her.
1819 Sporting Mag. 4 209 A merry-making, on the death of a relation.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 93 See! our friends are all forsaking The wine and the merry-making.
1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek v. 107 The Irish betake themselves to rebellion when stopped in their merry-makings.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 466 We twain Not oft again..Unto this merry-making place shall ride.
1924 Glasgow Herald 16 Apr. 10/6 Two of them after a merry-making battered each other in a terrific manner.
1981 G. Priestland At Large (1983) 114 Be that as it may, merry-making wasn't boycotted by Our Lord, even in his grim times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
merrymakingadj.
/ˈmɛrɪˌmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɛriˌmeɪkɪŋ/ Convivial, jovial, festive.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [adjective]
merrya1350
revellingc1450
jolly1484
goodfellow-like1542
good-fellowly1573
jovial1607
jovialist1610
boona1612
merrymaking1616
festive1744
convivial1754
good-fellowish1839
rig-a-dig1851
1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. B5 v The merry-making mournefull Philomell.
a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 101 Thus their merry-making Bacchus was figur'd among the Thebans by a..pillar onely.
1758 J. Hall-Stevenson Vacation in Wks. (1795) I. 14 He..Winks and nods and laughs aloud, Among the merry-making crowd.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vi. 52 Such jolly, roystering, rollicking, merry-making blades.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 94 First must merry-making men address the gods with holy songs.
1997 List 19 Dec. 48/4 An invitation to inflict your favourite Christmas tunes on a merrymaking crowd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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