merry vs ree

merry

adj
  • drunk; tipsy 

  • Festive and full of fun and laughter. 

  • Brisk 

  • Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight. 

  • Jolly and full of high spirits; happy. 

noun
  • An English wild cherry. 

ree

adj
  • Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy. 

  • Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy. 

noun
  • A state of befuddlement; intoxication. 

  • A state of great excitement or frenzy. 

verb
  • To become extremely excited; fly into a rage. 

  • To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm. 

How often have the words merry and ree occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )