merrie

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English

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Adjective

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merrie (comparative merrier, superlative merriest)

  1. Obsolete form of merry.
    • 1889 August 21, “City Items”, in The Dayton Daily Herald, volume XII, number 21, Dayton, Ohio, page [3], column 3:
      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.
    • 1973 November 25, James G. Andrews, “In Merrie Olde Arkansas”, in The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine, page 4:
      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.
    • 1991, Nicholas Hagger, Selected Poems (1960-1990): A Metaphysical’s Way of Fire, Element Books, →ISBN, page 76:
      And watch this ailing Knight of a Merrie day / Extend a sagging hand and fall into a chair; []

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch merrie, from Old Dutch *meria (compare Old High German meriha), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō. Cognate with West Frisian merje, German Mähre, English mare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ri/
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  • Hyphenation: mer‧rie
  • Rhymes: -ɛri

Noun

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merrie f (plural merries, diminutive merrietje n, masculine hengst)

  1. a mare, female equine (mostly horse)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: merrie
  • Negerhollands: merri, mėri

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