English

Noun

glee ‎(countable and uncountable, plural glees)

1. (uncountable) Joy; merriment; mirth; gaiety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
   • 1968, The Rolling Stones (music), “Sympathy for the Devil”, in Beggars Banquet:

     I watched with glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made.

   • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:

     Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

2. (uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
3. (music, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.

Translations

Verb

glee ‎(third-person singular simple present glees, present participle gleeing, simple past and past participle gleed)

1. To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).

Anagrams

• lege

Limburgish

Noun

glee f

1. something that is wet because it has been pasted together

Inflection

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

See also

• èpperglieëdjómme