Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Merriment; excessive gaiety; merrymaking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Excessive gayety; merriment.
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- noun obsolete
gaiety ;merriment
Etymologies
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French gaillardise. See galliard.
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Examples
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“Little galliardise stirring, my lord,” answered the knight.
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"Little galliardise stirring, my lord," answered the knight.
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardise [I. 99] of company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643
whichbe commented on the word galliardise
Exuberant merriment, (extreme) gaiety.
May 12, 2008