glee

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: glē, IPA(key): /ɡliː/ Rhymes: -iː === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== glee (countable and uncountable, plural glees) (uncountable) Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. Synonyms: merriment, mirth, gaiety, gloat; see also Thesaurus:happiness (uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. (singing, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English gleen, glewen, from Old English glēowian (“to sing, play an instrument, jest”), from Proto-West Germanic *glīwōn, from Proto-Germanic *glīwōną. Cognate with Icelandic glýja (“to be gleeful”). ==== Verb ==== glee (third-person singular simple present glees, present participle gleeing, simple past and past participle gleed) To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song). === Anagrams === Egle, Lege, lege == Limburgish == === Noun === glee f something that is wet because it has been pasted together === See also === èpperglieëdjómme == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to cleave, stick”). Compare German klein, Dutch klein. === Adjective === glee small