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mirth

Pronunciation: /mɜɹθ/

The English word “mirth” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter.
  2. That which causes merriment.

Etymology

From Middle English merth, myrthe, murhthe, from Old English myrgþ (“mirth, joy”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgiþu (“briefness, brevity”); equivalent to merry + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch merchte (“pleasure, joy, delight”).

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