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English Dictionary: Glee by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glee
n
  1. great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness]
  2. malicious satisfaction
    Synonym(s): gloat, gloating, glee
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glee \Glee\ (gl[emac]), n. [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gle[a2]w,
      gle[a2], akin to Icel. gl[ymac]: cf. Gr. chley`n joke, jest.]
      1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth
            enjoyed at a feast. --Spenser.
  
      3. (Mus.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo
            voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
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