gaiety

gai·e·ty also gay·e·ty  (g-t)

n. pl. gai·e·ties also gay·e·ties

1. A state of joyful exuberance or merriment; vivacity.

2. Merry or joyful activity; festivity: making preparations for the holiday gaieties.

3. Bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery.

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[French gaieté, from Old French, from gai, cheerful; see gay.]

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gaiety

Noun

pl -ties

1. a state of lively good spirits

2. festivity; merrymaking

USAGE: See at gay.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gaiety - a gay feeling                         merriment happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being glee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness - great merriment jocularity, jocundity - a feeling facetious merriment jolliness, jollity, joviality - feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
	2.	gaiety - a festive merry feeling playfulness levity - feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness

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gaiety

noun 1. cheerfulness, glee, good humour, buoyancy, happiness, animation, exuberance, high spirits, elation, exhilaration, hilarity, merriment, joie de vivre (French) good cheer, vivacity, jollity, liveliness, gladness, effervescence, light-heartedness, joyousness << OPPOSITE misery

noun 2. merrymaking, celebration, revels, festivity, fun, mirth, revelry, conviviality, jollification, carousal

Translations

gaiety [ˈgeɪɪtɪ] n → alegría

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gaiety [ˈgeɪɪtɪ] n → gaieté f

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gaiety [ˈgeɪɪtɪ] n → Fröhlichkeit f

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gaiety [ˈgeɪɪtɪ] n → gaiezza

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gaiety, gaily gay