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Answer for the clue "Great merriment ", 12 letters:
mirthfulness

Word definitions for mirthfulness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being mirthful.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mirthful \Mirth"ful\, a. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children. Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face. Mirthful, comic shows. --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Mirth"ful*ly , adv. -- Mirth"ful*ness , n.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. great merriment [syn: hilarity , mirth , glee , gleefulness ]

Usage examples of mirthfulness.

He did not understand why I was weeping, and the tone he took made me pass from sweet affliction to a strange mirthfulness which made him go astray once more, as he thought I had got mad.

But it was as much a release of tensions that had been accumulating, as the mirthfulness of the situation.