Noun

(uncountable) Joy; merriment; mirth; gaiety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee .}}

(uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.

(music, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.

Noun

(uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

* E.A. Poe, '' The unparalelled adventure of one Hans Pfaal':

By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement .

(countable) something that excites.