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ˈgeɪ ɪ tigayety
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gayetynoun
Etymology: gayeté, French, from gay.
And from those gayeties our youth requires
To exercise their minds, our age retires. John Denham.Our gayety and our gilt are all besmirch’d,
With rainy marching in the painful field. William Shakespeare, H. V.
Webster Dictionary
Gayetyadjective
the state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season
Gayetyadjective
finery; show; as, the gayety of dress
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gayety in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gayety in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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