Light
Both words in one sentence
- In Laurell K Hamilton's Merry Gentry series, most humans automatically assume the "Light Court" of the Seelie is good and the "Dark Court" of the Unseelie is evil.
Source: Light Is Not Good / Literature -
Mystery Science Theater 3000 has "Lawgiver Day", wherein, as described by poor Professor Bobo, "all are ordered to make merry and be light of heart, under pain of horrible lingering death."
Source: Happiness Is Mandatory - Using only light armour and a shield, he lets his heavily mailed knightly opponent on a merry chase around the arena, using terrain and hit-and-run until the knight is too tired to fight properly.
Source: Hit-and-Run Tactics
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Merry and Light. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/merry
Light & Merry. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/merry>.
Merry or Light. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/merry.
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