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glee
What does glee mean?
glee (noun): great merriment.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce glee?
/ɡli/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does glee come from?
From Middle English gle, from Old English glēo, glīġ, glēow, glīw (“glee, pleasure, mirth, play, sport; music; mockery”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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great merriment
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