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glee

1

[glee]

noun

  1. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,
  2. an unaccompanied part song for three or more voices, popular especially in the 18th century.



glee

2

[glee]

verb (used without object)

  1. to squint or look with one eye.

noun

  1. a squint.

  2. an imperfect eye, especially one with a cast.

glee

/ ɡː /

noun

  1. great merriment or delight, often caused by someone else's misfortune

  2. a type of song originating in 18th-century England, sung by three or more unaccompanied voices Compare madrigal

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glee1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English ŧ; cognate with Old Norse ̄; akin to glow

Origin of glee2

1250–1300; Middle English glien, gleen; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse to shine
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glee1

Old English é; related to Old Norse ӯ
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Synonym Study

See mirth.
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Here, her incorrigible Eleanor barks at a grocery store clerk to fetch the kosher pickles and cackles with glee informing her grandson that his mother’s high school nickname was the “class mattress.”

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His whole career, he says, “was based in love and my desire to entertain and bring glee and creativity to young people, and to everyone.”

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While Fine may be lurid in his bloody fantasies of genocide, he's not alone in his glee over Palestinian suffering on his side of the aisle.

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“It’s got some compote in the middle — we may need forks to get in there,” Fey says with glee as she reaches for some.

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There's none of the sleek appeal of Loki from the "Avengers" franchise or camp glee of Ursula from "The Little Mermaid."

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