Full of Merry and Jolly
in this season, instead of saying I’m full of joy, I like to say that I am full of jolly :D. Well Merry is an added bonus!
Merry Christmas All!
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An English Language
Learner’s Word of the Day December 25 merry
Function: adjective
Comparative and superlative forms: merrier; merriest
Status: somewhat old-fashioned
Meanings:
1 : very happy and cheerful : feeling or showing joy and happiness
Examples:
<Let’s eat, drink, and be merry!>
<They sang a merry little song.>
<a merry man>
<merry laughter>
2: causing joy and happiness
Example:
<a very merry occasion>
Idiom:
go on your merry way
Meanings:
1 or be on your merry way : to leave a place
Example:
<Soon I’ll be on my merry way. [=soon I’ll be leaving]>
2 often disapproving : to continue doing what you have been doing
Example:
<She just goes on her merry way, loving men and then breaking their hearts.>
Idiom:
make merry
Status: old-fashioned
Meaning:
: to have fun and enjoy yourself by eating, drinking, dancing, etc.
Example:
<They made merry throughout the night.>
Idiom:
Merry Christmas
Meaning:
Merry Christmas is used to wish someone an enjoyable Christmas holiday.
Examples:
<Merry Christmas to you and your family.>
<We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!>
Idiom:
the more the merrier
Meaning:
The more the merrier is used to say that more people are welcome or invited to do something.
Example:
<“Can I bring my friends to the party?” “Of course, the more the merrier!”>
Derived forms:
merrily adverb
Example:
<laughing merrily>
merriness noun [noncount]
Example:
<the merriness of the occasion>
