"unmerry" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more unmerry [comparative], most unmerry [superlative]
Etymology: From Old English unmyriġe (“unpleasant”), from un- + myriġe (“pleasant”). By surface analysis, un- + merry. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|unmyriġe||unpleasant}} Old English unmyriġe (“unpleasant”), {{surf|en|un-|merry}} By surface analysis, un- + merry Head templates: {{en-adj}} unmerry (comparative more unmerry, superlative most unmerry)
  1. Not merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.
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