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mirth

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mirth  (mûrth)
n.
Gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter.

[Middle English, from Old English myrgth; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.]

mirth [mɜːθ]
n
laughter, gaiety, or merriment
[Old English myrgth; compare merry]
mirthful  adj
mirthfully  adv
mirthfulness  n
mirthless  adj
mirthlessly  adv
mirthlessness  n
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Noun1.mirthmirth - great merriment                      
gaiety, merriment - a gay feeling

mirth
Translations
mirth [mɜːθ] N (= good humour) → alegría f, júbilo m; (= laughter) → risas fpl

mirth [ˈmɜːrθ] n (= laughter) → hilarité f
to weep with mirth → pleurer de rire
He was weeping with mirth → Il pleurait de rire.

mirth
nFreude f, → Frohsinn m; (= laughter)Heiterkeit f; shrieks of mirth coming from the classroomfrohes or fröhliches Lachen, das aus dem Klassenzimmer drang

mirth [mɜːθ] nilarità f inv, gaiezza
mirth [mɜːθ] nilarità f inv, gaiezza

mirth
n mirth [məːθ]
laughter or amusement. vrolikheid مَرَح، ضَحِك смях veselí latter; morskab die Fröhlichkeit ευθυμία risa, alegría lustakus شادی hilpeys gaîté עֲלִיצוּת हंसी विनोद, खुशी veselje, radost jókedv kegembiraan, keriangan glaðværð, kæti allegria 歓楽 환희 juokas, linksmybė jautrība; līksmība keriangan vrolijkheid latter, munterhet, underholdning wesołość alegria ve­selie, voioşie веселье veselosť, radostná nálada veselje veselje munterhet ความรื่นเริง gülme, neşe 歡笑 веселощі; радість مسرت sự vui vẻ


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Come; a chorus now, rich with the old mirth of Merry England, and the wilder glee of this fresh forest; and then a dance, to show the youthful pair what life is made of, and how airily they should go through it
- lest her sweet soul, amid its hallowed mirth, "Should catch the note, as it doth float - up from the damned Earth.
Entertain hopes; mirth rather than joy; variety of delights, rather than surfeit of them; wonder and admiration, and therefore novelties; studies that fill the mind with splendid and illustrious objects, as histories, fables, and contemplations of nature.
 
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