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English
Adjective
merrie (comparative merrier, superlative merriest)
- Obsolete form of merry.
1889 August 21, “City Items”, in The Dayton Daily Herald, volume XII, number 21, Dayton, Ohio, page , 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
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ri/
- Hyphenation: mer‧rie
- Rhymes: -ɛri
Noun
merrie f (plural merries, diminutive merrietje n, masculine hengst)
- a mare, female equine (mostly horse)
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