Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gayety \Gay"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Gayeties}. [Written also {gaiety}.]
   [F. gaiet['e]. 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.

   Syn: Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee;
        blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See
        {Liveliness}.