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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Gāy'e-ty, n.

noun

n. [Fr. gayeté, gaieté, Pr. gayeza, It. gaiezza. See supra.]

  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.

Our gayety and our gilt are all besmirched. Shak. Syn.—Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See LIVELINESS.