Noun merriment has 2 senses
  1. gaiety, merriment - a gay feeling
    --1 is a kind of happiness
    --1 has particulars:
     hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness; jocundity, jocularity; jollity, joviality
  2. fun, merriment, playfulness - activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"
    --2 is a kind of diversion, recreation
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