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91Father Christmas — The earliest evidence for a personified Christmas is a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435 to 1477 (Dearmer and Williams, Oxford Book of Carols (1928), no. 21, 41 3); it is a sung dialogue between someone… …
92hail — Not surprisingly, hail ‘frozen rain’ [OE] and hail ‘call out’ [12] are quite unrelated. The former, together with its German and Dutch relative hagel, comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *hagalaz, which is related ultimately to Greek kákhlēx… …
93make happy — verb celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities (Freq. 1) The members of the wedding party made merry all night Let s whoop it up the boss is gone! • Syn: ↑revel, ↑racket, ↑make whoopie, ↑make merry, ↑ …
94make merry — verb celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities The members of the wedding party made merry all night Let s whoop it up the boss is gone! • Syn: ↑revel, ↑racket, ↑make whoopie, ↑make happy, ↑whoop it up, ↑ …
95make whoopie — verb celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities The members of the wedding party made merry all night Let s whoop it up the boss is gone! • Syn: ↑revel, ↑racket, ↑make merry, ↑make happy, ↑whoop it up, ↑ …
96wassailer — noun 1. someone who enjoys riotous drinking • Syn: ↑carouser • Derivationally related forms: ↑carouse (for: ↑carouser), ↑wassail • Hypernyms: ↑drinker …
97whoop it up — verb celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities (Freq. 1) The members of the wedding party made merry all night Let s whoop it up the boss is gone! • Syn: ↑revel, ↑racket, ↑make whoopie, ↑make merry, ↑ …
98Blithesome — Blithe some ( s[u^]m), a. Cheery; gay; merry. [1913 Webster] The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] {Blithe some*ly}, adv. {Blithe some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
99Blithesomely — Blithesome Blithe some ( s[u^]m), a. Cheery; gay; merry. [1913 Webster] The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] {Blithe some*ly}, adv. {Blithe some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
100Blithesomeness — Blithesome Blithe some ( s[u^]m), a. Cheery; gay; merry. [1913 Webster] The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] {Blithe some*ly}, adv. {Blithe some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
