Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gayety

Gayety , noun

[French gaieté. See Gay, a.]

1.
The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.
2.
Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.