"merrie" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merrier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merriest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "merrier"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "merry"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1889 August 21, “City Items”, in The Dayton Daily Herald, volume XII, number 21, Dayton, Ohio, page [3], column 3:",
          "text": "The annual meet of the National Archery Association will take place at the Soldiers’ Home next week, commencing on the 27th. It will be a merrie meet, and all the skilled bowsmen and bowswomen in the districts are expected to compete for the admirable prizes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973 November 25, James G. Andrews, “In Merrie Olde Arkansas”, in The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine, page 4:",
          "text": "Crossbowmen from such distant realms as Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, all right there in Merrie Olde Arkansas, in the non-medieval year of 1973.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Nicholas Hagger, Selected Poems (1960-1990): A Metaphysical’s Way of Fire, Element Books, →ISBN, page 76:",
          "text": "And watch this ailing Knight of a Merrie day / Extend a sagging hand and fall into a chair; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of merry."
      ],
      "id": "en-merrie-en-adj-Le9ku8Zc",
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          "merry",
          "merry#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "merrie"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merrier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merriest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "merrier"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "merry"
        }
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1889 August 21, “City Items”, in The Dayton Daily Herald, volume XII, number 21, Dayton, Ohio, page [3], column 3:",
          "text": "The annual meet of the National Archery Association will take place at the Soldiers’ Home next week, commencing on the 27th. It will be a merrie meet, and all the skilled bowsmen and bowswomen in the districts are expected to compete for the admirable prizes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973 November 25, James G. Andrews, “In Merrie Olde Arkansas”, in The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine, page 4:",
          "text": "Crossbowmen from such distant realms as Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, all right there in Merrie Olde Arkansas, in the non-medieval year of 1973.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Nicholas Hagger, Selected Poems (1960-1990): A Metaphysical’s Way of Fire, Element Books, →ISBN, page 76:",
          "text": "And watch this ailing Knight of a Merrie day / Extend a sagging hand and fall into a chair; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of merry."
      ],
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          "merry",
          "merry#English"
        ]
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  "word": "merrie"
}