feckless gaiety
1feckless — adj. 1 feeble, ineffective. 2 unthinking, irresponsible (feckless gaiety). Derivatives: fecklessly adv. fecklessness n. Etymology: Sc. feck f. effeck var. of EFFECT …
2performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
3United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
