"mery" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} mery
  1. Obsolete form of merry. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: merry
    Sense id: en-mery-en-adj-Le9ku8Zc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 5 3 3 3 1 1 2 15 0 2 10 11 13 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 18 0 1 12 13 15 9

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈmɛriː(ə)/, /ˈmiriː(ə)/, /ˈmuriː(ə)/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English meriġe, miriġe, myriġe, myreġe, myrġe, from Proto-West Germanic *murgī, from Proto-Germanic *murguz, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Doublet of bref. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|meriġe}} Old English meriġe, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*murgī}} Proto-West Germanic *murgī, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*murguz}} Proto-Germanic *murguz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*mréǵʰus}} Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus, {{doublet|enm|bref}} Doublet of bref Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|||comparative|meriere|superlative|meriest|head=}} mery (comparative meriere, superlative meriest), {{enm-adj||meriere|meriest}} mery (comparative meriere, superlative meriest) Forms: meriere [comparative], meriest [superlative], merie [alternative], mirie [alternative], myrie [alternative], murie [alternative], murȝe [alternative], merye [alternative], myrry [alternative], myry [alternative], miry [alternative], mirye [alternative], myriȝe [alternative], myrye [alternative], murye [alternative], miri [alternative], meri [alternative], mury [alternative]
  1. Happy, joyful, pleased; in a good mood or state of mind:
    Tending to be happy; jovial, merry, good-natured, blissful.
    Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-ZA4IRKXj Disambiguation of Sound: 21 21 23 21 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. Happy, joyful, pleased; in a good mood or state of mind:
    Creating or pertaining to happiness; nice, good, delightful.
    Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-pw~-Nf9K Disambiguation of Sound: 21 21 23 21 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. Happy, joyful, pleased; in a good mood or state of mind:
    (of a time or place) Happy, nice, good, bounteous.
    Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-c5uDDA9P Disambiguation of Sound: 21 21 23 21 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. Happy, joyful, pleased; in a good mood or state of mind:
    (of speech or sound) Useful, entertaining, appealing.
    Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-6B8ehq7R Disambiguation of Sound: 21 21 23 21 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
  5. Attractive, good-looking; pleasing to one's eyes. Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-wMwH~lHY Disambiguation of Appearance: 4 4 4 17 37 10 4 9 2 5 1 1 1 2
  6. Having a good, nice or pleasing scent or smell. Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-CAG67qbk Disambiguation of Smell: 3 3 4 10 15 48 3 8 0 4 0 1 0 2
  7. Powerful, mighty, tough; having much strength.
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-TaPNOFda
  8. (rare) Full of humor (due to drink). Tags: rare Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-R55pvDcT Disambiguation of Sound: 21 21 23 21 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 2 3 2 1 3 4 18 0 5 12 13 14 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 18 0 1 12 13 15 9
  9. (rare) Active, fast, vigorous. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-cSQJIudB
  10. (rare) Intelligent, smart, learned. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Mind
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adj-3Bd2jgOw Disambiguation of Mind: 12 12 12 12 0 5 9 2 9 17 4 6 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time Related terms: merily, merines, mirien, myrthe
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Adverb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈmɛriː(ə)/, /ˈmiriː(ə)/, /ˈmuriː(ə)/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English meriġe, miriġe, myriġe, myreġe, myrġe, from Proto-West Germanic *murgī, from Proto-Germanic *murguz, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Doublet of bref. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|meriġe}} Old English meriġe, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*murgī}} Proto-West Germanic *murgī, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*murguz}} Proto-Germanic *murguz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*mréǵʰus}} Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus, {{doublet|enm|bref}} Doublet of bref Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} mery, {{enm-adv}} mery Forms: merie [alternative], mirie [alternative], myrie [alternative], murie [alternative], murȝe [alternative], merye [alternative], myrry [alternative], myry [alternative], miry [alternative], mirye [alternative], myriȝe [alternative], myrye [alternative], murye [alternative], miri [alternative], meri [alternative], mury [alternative]
  1. Merrily, gladly, jovially; in a happy or merry way. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adv-mCobv0pP Disambiguation of Emotions: 9 9 9 9 0 3 5 8 4 8 11 12 9 4 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 2 3 2 1 3 4 18 0 5 12 13 14 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 18 0 1 12 13 15 9
  2. Pleasingly, delightfully; in a way causing happiness. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adv-UfBx0lD9 Disambiguation of Emotions: 9 9 9 9 0 3 5 8 4 8 11 12 9 4 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 2 3 2 1 3 4 18 0 5 12 13 14 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 18 0 1 12 13 15 9
  3. (rare) Attractively, nicely. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adv-LuQJnpzU Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 2 3 2 1 3 4 18 0 5 12 13 14 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 18 0 1 12 13 15 9
  4. (rare) Without strength or harshness. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-mery-enm-adv-xTSWKxY0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(rare) Attractively, nicely."
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        "(rare) Without strength or harshness."
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          "ref": "1526, John Rastell, edited by Hermann Oesterley, A Hundred Mery Talys: From the Only Perfect Copy Known (published 1866), page 57:",
          "text": "A Yonge gentylman of the age of .xx. yere some whate dysposyd to myrth and game on a tyme talkyd with a gentylwoman which was ryght wyfe and also mery.",
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          "ref": "1533, R. Saltwood, A comparyson bytwene. iiij. byrdes, the larke, the nyghtyngale, ye thrusshe [and] the cuko, for theyr syngynge who shuld be chauntoure of the quere:",
          "text": "As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.",
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          "ref": "1581, William Sandys, Christmastide: Its History, Festivities, and Carols (published 2020):",
          "text": "At Christmas be mery, and thanke god of alll And feast thy pore neighbours, the great with the small.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Having a good, nice or pleasing scent or smell."
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        "Intelligent, smart, learned."
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        "(rare) Intelligent, smart, learned."
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛriː(ə)/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmiriː(ə)/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmuriː(ə)/"
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        "Merrily, gladly, jovially; in a happy or merry way."
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛriː(ə)/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmiriː(ə)/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmuriː(ə)/"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (db0bec0 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.