2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.

Is any merry ? let him sing psalms. --Jas. v. 13.

3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, ? merry jest. ``Merry wind and weather.'' --Spenser.

Merry dancers. See under Dancer.

Merry men, followers; retainers. [Obs.]

His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game and glee. --Chaucer.

To make merry, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. --Judg. ix. 27.

Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful; joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)