Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glee"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Glee \Glee\ (gl[=e]), n. [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gle['o]w, gle['o],
akin to Icel. gl[=y]: 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

glee
n 1: great merriment [syn: {hilarity}, {mirth}, {mirthfulness}, {gleefulness}]
2: malicious satisfaction [syn: {gloat}, {gloating}]

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