n. 1. Jubilant delight; joy. 2. Music A part song scored for three or more usually male and unaccompanied voices that was popular in the 1700s. [Middle English gle, entertainment, from Old English glēo; see ghel-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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