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noun

Mirth n.

Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity. "Then will I cause to cease... from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth."

That which causes merriment. (Obs.)

Synonyms: Merriment; joyousness; gladness; fun; frolic; glee; hilarity; festivity; jollity. See Gladness.

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Etymology of 'Mirth'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mirth" Quotes from Famous Books

... at the others, the barefoot girls and the women; whatever the understanding was, they shared it; each oval, sun-tinged face, under its crown of jet hair, had the same faint light of laughter of tragic, inscrutable mirth, at once contemptuous and pitiful. Along the street, folk had come forth from their doors ...

— Those Who Smiled - And Eleven Other Stories • Perceval Gibbon

... who, coming to the water to drink, and finding there by reflexion that he had killed one like himself, pineth away by degrees, and never after enjoyeth itself. Such was in some sort the condition of—. This accident that he had killed one put a period to his carnal mirth, and was a covering to his eyes all the days of his life. Death was so sent to him as to allow him time to rise up on his knees and to crie, ...

— Ellen Middleton--A Tale • Georgiana Fullerton

... be well. You said there would be no trouble at the last. You told me if I did so and so, you would do so and so. Now you corner me, and hedge me up, and submerge me in everything evil." "Ha! ha!" says Satan, "I was only fooling you. It is mirth for me to see you suffer. I have been for thirty years plotting to get you just where you are. It is hard for you now—it will be worse for you after awhile. It pleases me. Lie still, sir. Don't flinch or shudder. Come now, I will tear off from you the last ...

— New Tabernacle Sermons • Thomas De Witt Talmage

... instant while he was in the house. She brought Jenny's high chair to the table in order that the adorable infant might breakfast with her father; she kept Harry up an hour later at night so that he might add the gaiety of his innocent mirth to their otherwise long and silent evenings. Though she would have given anything to drop into bed as soon as the babies were undressed, she forced herself to sit up without yawning until Oliver turned out the lights, bolted the door, and remarked irritably that she ought ...

— Virginia • Ellen Glasgow

... Nothing but mirth and jollity was going forward. Tables were spread and fit great preparations were making for the rustic feast. Some lads and lasses were dancing on the green before the house, while others of the young men were buying ribands, ...

— Tales from Shakespeare • Charles and Mary Lamb

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