merriment
 noun
 ledicia
EN The children, wearing the spoils of their crackers, danced and romped noisily and, though he tried to share their merriment, he felt himself a gloomy figure amid the gay cocked hats and sunbonnets.
GL Os nenos, levando os restos dos foguetes, bailaban e boureaban alegremente e, aínda que tentando compartir a súa ledicia, sentíase unha figura sombría entre os alegres tricornios e os bonetes.
 Fonte: RET (1463)
sorna
EN As I went with them the memory of my confident anticipations of a profoundly grave and intellectual posterity came, with irresistible merriment, to my mind.
GL Segundo ía con eles, a lembranza das miñas anticipacións confiadas sobre unha posteridade profundamente solemne e intelectual veu, con sorna irresistible, á miña mente.
Fonte: TEM (569)
relouco
EN "Excuse my merriment," said he, "but the mere mention of love always sets me laughing".
GL Escusade o meu relouco --dixo--, mais a simple mención do amor sempre me pon a rir.
Fonte: ALH (602)
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mere, merely, merge, merger, merging, meridian, merit, meritorious, merrily, merriment, merry, merry-go-round, merrymaking, mesh, Mesopotamia, mess, message, messenger, Messiah