merrymake

English

Etymology

From make merry.

Verb

merrymake (third-person singular simple present merrymakes, present participle merrymaking, simple past and past participle merrymade)

1. (archaic, literary) To make merry, have fun, celebrate.
   • 1801, Robert Southey, “The Sixth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 45:

     Drawing near, / Loud from the chambers of the bridge below, / Sounds of carousal came and song, / And unveiled women bade the advancing youth / Come merry-make with them.

Noun

merrymake (plural merrymakes)

1. (archaic, literary) Merry-making, celebration, festivity.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     when he saw her toy, and gibe, and geare, / And passe the bonds of modest merimake, / Her dalliance he despisd, and follies did forsake.

Anagrams

• make merry