Merry Definition
A surname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.
A female given name from the adjective, also a diminutive of Mary and Mercy.
A male given name, a diminutive of Meredith.
- to be festive and full of gaiety; have fun
Other Word Forms of Merry
Adjective
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Merry
Origin of Merry
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From Middle English merie, mirie, myrie, murie, murȝe, from Old English meriÄ¡e, miriÄ¡e, myriÄ¡e, myreÄ¡e, myrÄ¡e (“pleasing, agreeable; pleasant, sweet, delightful; melodious"), from Proto-Germanic *murguz (“short, slow"), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short"). Cognate with Scots mery, mirry (“merry"), Old High German murg, murgi ("short, brief"; > German murk (“short, lazy")), Norwegian dialectal myrjel (“small object, figurine"), Latin brevis (“short, small, narrow, shallow").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English merri from Old English mirige pleasant mregh-u- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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