"gayety" meaning in English

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          "text": "During the present gayety of the house, however, the poor girl has gone about with a face full of trouble, and to use the housekeeper's words, \"has fallen into a sad hystericky way lately.\"",
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          "ref": "1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:",
          "text": "Amid all the splendor and gayety of fashionable life in Italy, the Sea-flower was never so happy as when seated in the ivy bower, which looked out upon a little lake, the same which had been her mother's favorite place of retreat [...]",
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  "word": "gayety"
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          "text": "During the present gayety of the house, however, the poor girl has gone about with a face full of trouble, and to use the housekeeper's words, \"has fallen into a sad hystericky way lately.\"",
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