Noun
Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMusic is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture. Dmitri Shostakovich
Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed. Samuel Johnson
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. Adam Smith
Then he was wrong to have been born at all. Cheek- eek-eek-eek, oo, hoo!" chuckled Rinkitink, his fat body shaking with merriment. "But it's hard to prevent oneself from being born; there's no chance for protest, eh, Bilbil? L. Frank Baum
Even in the monastery there is occasion for song and merriment. African Proverb
No merriment in the seat of justice. Irish Proverb