Dictionary entry

Glee

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glee (glē), n. [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gleów, gleó, akin to Icel. glȳ: cf. Gr. χλεύν joke, jest.] 1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. 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.