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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mirth ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Old English myrgth, from myrge merry — more at merry DATE before 12th century : gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter • mirth·ful·ness noun English Etymology mirth O.E. myrgð "joy, pleasure," from P.Gmc. *murgitha, noun of quality from *murgjo- (see merry). Mirthquake "entertainment that excites convulsive laughter" first attested 1928, in ref. to Harold Lloyd movies. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 mirth mirth / mE:W; NAmE mE:rW / noun[U] happiness, fun and the sound of people laughing 欢乐；欢笑: The performance produced much mirth among the audience. 这场演出使观众笑声不断。 SYN merriment
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun a mood or temper characterized by joy and high spirits and usually manifested in laughter and merrymaking FF1C;a man of contentment, but seldom of mirthFF1E; Synonyms: glee, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, merriment Related Words: cheer, cheerfulness, joyfulness, lightheartedness; gladness, happiness; frivolity, levity Contrasted Words: blues, dejection, depression, dumps, gloom, sadness; boredom, ennui, tedium; anguish, misery, woe; infelicity, wretchedness Antonyms: melancholy Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mirth \ˈmərth, ˈmə̄th\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English mirthe, myrthe, from Old English myrgth, from myrge merry + -th — more at merry 1. : rejoicing especially as shown in merrymaking < Christmas which … lights up the fireside of home with mirth — Washington Irving > 2. obsolete : joyous sport or entertainment < not amiss … to give a kingdom for a mirth — Shakespeare > 3. a. : gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter : jollity , merriment < they broke into laughter, and she thought this shared mirth drew them closer — B.A.Williams > b. obsolete : an object of merriment < he's all my exercise, my mirth, my matter — Shakespeare > |
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