Merryname

• 1

  A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.

• 2

  A female given name from merry.

• 3

  A diminutive of the female given name Mercy.

  • 'Is he handsome, Pa?' inquired the younger daughter. 'Silly Merry!' said the eldest: Merry being fond for Mercy. 'What is the premium, Pa? tell us that.'
  • It was on account of she had such a happy temperament I persuaded Mr. van der Most to let me call her Merry. Lots of folks, when they first meet her, they think she's called Mary - Maria, as you would say it, Signor Lumaca - but no, her name is really Merry, M-E-double-R-Y, because, I always tell them, she is.
• 4

  A diminutive of the male given name Meredith.

merryadj詞源 1/ˈmɛ.ɹi/

• 1

  Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.

  • We had a very merry Christmas.
  • I am neuer merry when I heare ſweet muſique.
• 2

  Festive and full of fun and laughter.

  • Everyone was merry at the party.
  • If I have the chance, I will make our worshipful Sheriff pay right well for that which he hath done to me. Maybe I may bring him some time into Sherwood Forest and have him to a right merry feast with us.
• 3

  Brisk.

  • The play moved along at a merry pace.
  • The car moved at a merry clip.
• 4

  Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.

  • a merry jest
  • There eke my feeble barke a while may ſtay, / Till mery wynd and weather call her thence away.
• 5

  Drunk; tipsy.

  • Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.

merrynoun詞源 2/ˈmɛ.ɹi/

• 1

  An English wild cherry.