glee
nounEtymology
From Middle English gle, from Old English glēo, glīġ, glēow, glīw (“glee, pleasure, mirth, play, sport; music; mockery”), from Proto-West Germanic *glīw, from Proto-Germanic *glīwą (“joy, mirth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlew- (“to joke, make fun, enjoy”). Cognate with Scots gle, glie, glew (“game, play, sport, mirth, joy, rejoicing, entertainment, melody, music”), Icelandic glý (“joy, glee, gladness”), Ancient Greek χλεύη (khleúē, “joke, jest, scorn”). A poetic word in Middle English, the word was obsolete by 1500, but revived late 18c.
Definitions
Joy
Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
- I watched with glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made.
Music
Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
- Sometimes they had glees, when Captain Strong’s chest was of vast service, and he boomed out in a prodigious bass, of which he was not a little proud.
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To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).
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