Merry |
Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive. |
superl. |
Merry |
Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy. |
superl. |
Merry |
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest. |
superl. |
Merry |
A kind of wild red cherry. |
n. |
Merry-andrew |
One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. |
n. |
Quarter round |
An ovolo. |
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Round |
To whisper. |
v. i. & t. |
Round |
Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. |
a. |
Round |
Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round. |
a. |
Round |
Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. |
a. |
Round |
Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers. |
a. |
Round |
Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price. |
a. |
Round |
Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note. |
a. |
Round |
Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11. |
a. |
Round |
Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. |
a. |
Round |
Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. |
a. |
Round |
Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct. |
a. |
Round |
Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown]. |
n. |
Round |
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures. |
n. |
Round |
A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. |
n. |