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glee |glē

glee |glē| noun 1 great delight: his face lit up with impish glee. 2 a song for men's voices in three or more parts, usually unaccompanied, of a type popular esp. c. 1750–1830. ORIGIN Old English glēo ‘entertainment, music, fun,’ of Germanic origin. Sense 2 dates from the mid 17th cent.

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