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English
Etymology
From French gaieté de cœur.
Noun
gaieté de cœur (uncountable)
- Lightheartedness; playfulness.
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., , →OCLC:Meanwhile, he […] attended me in all my excursions, and particularly in an expedition to Antwerp, with two other gentlemen, where in downright gaietè de cœur, we sat for our pictures, which were drawn in one piece […] .
1886, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Chantry House:Emily […] in youthful gaieté de cœur had got a little tired of her.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛ.te d(ə) kœʁ/, /ɡe.te d(ə) kœʁ/
Noun
gaieté de cœur f (uncountable)
- lightheartedness, cheerfulness, high spirits
Derived terms