gaiety

1. (dated, uncountable) The state of being happy or merry.Examples: "There was much gaiety at the ball."; "The decorations added greatly to the gaiety of the room."; "During the present gayety of the house, however, the poor girl has gone about with a face full of trouble, and to use the housekeeper's words, "has fallen into a sad hystericky way lately.""Synonyms: gayfulness, gayness, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentednessdateduncountable

2. (dated, countable) Merrymaking or festivity.Examples: "And he would tell her all sorts of wonders, old-world gaieties, long before she was born; and how finely the great Mr. [George Frideric] Handel played upon the harpischord^([sic]) in the Music Hall, and how his talk was in German, Latin, French, English, Italian, and half-a-dozen languages beside, […]"countabledated