glee
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iː
[edit] Etymology
Middle English gle from Old English glēo, akin to Old Norse glȳ. A poetic word in Middle English, the word was obsolete by 1500, but revived late 18c.
[edit] Noun
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glee (countable and uncountable; plural glees)
- (uncountable) Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
- (uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
- (music, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
[edit] Translations
Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast
Music; minstrelsy; entertainment
An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Limburgish
[edit] Noun
glee f
- something that is wet because of it has been pasted together
[edit] Inflection
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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| Nominative | glee | gleeër | gleeke | gleekes |
| Genitive | glee | gleeër | gleekes | gleekes |
| Locative | glöj | glöjjer | glöjke | glöjkes |
| Dative¹ | glöje | gleeër | ? | ? |
| Accusative¹ | glee | gleeërn | gleeke | gleekes |
- Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.