merry
English
/ˈmɛɹi/, /ˈmɛɹi/
adj
Definitions
- Jolly and full of high spirits.
- Festive and full of fun and laughter.
- Brisk
- Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
- (euphemistic) drunk; tipsy
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mery inherited from Old English meriġe inherited from Proto-Germanic *murguz (slow, short) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (short, brief).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mréǵʰus
Gloss
short, brief
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
短
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brachy- English
- brachytherapy English
- brevi- English
- brevipennate English
- maker English
- making English
- meeting English
- merrily English
- merriment English
- merriness English
- merrymaker English
- merrymaking English
- merrymeeting English
- merrythought English
- mirth English
- mirthful English
- mirthless English
- mirthsome English
- mirthy English
- overmerry English
- thought English
- unmerry English
- brachiologia Latin
- brachypterus Latin
- brachyrhynchos Latin
- brachyrhynchus Latin
- breviarium Latin
- brevicaudus Latin
- breviceps Latin
- brevicollis Latin
- breviflorus Latin
- brevifolius Latin
- breviloquens Latin
- breviloquium Latin
- brevio Latin
- brevipalpus Latin
- brevipennis Latin
- brevirictus Latin
- brevirostris Latin
- brevis Latin
- brevisetus Latin
- brevitarsis Latin
- brevitas Latin
- breviter Latin
- brevitertius Latin
- brevithorax Latin
- brūma Latin
- perbrevis Latin
- tribrevis Latin
- breve Italian
- breve Dutch, Flemish
- борзо́й Russian
- breve Spanish, Castilian
- βραχίων Ancient Greek
- βραχύς Ancient Greek
- ῥύγχος Ancient Greek
- *mreĝhu Proto-Indo-European
- *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mréǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- breve Portuguese
- *murgijaz Proto-Germanic
- *murguz Proto-Germanic
- meriġe Old English
- unmyriġe Old English
- brevet Middle English
- merily Middle English
- merines Middle English
- merth Middle English
- mery Middle English
- mirien Middle English
- myrthe Middle English
- bréf Old Norse
- bref Old French
- brief Old French
- brieve Old French
- βραχυ- Greek (modern)
- brief Middle Dutch
- briaf Old High German
- breib Old Irish
- murriz Albanian
- *breɣʷis Proto-Italic