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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mirth" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Precious Ones, and then they, too, went off into a fit of ridiculous mirth, while recalling now the sudden transfiguration of the halls I knew they had spoken truly. The Little Woman was ...

— The Van Dwellers - A Strenuous Quest for a Home • Albert Bigelow Paine

... gift to you will be a tear dropped into the depth of your youth; it will make your smile all the sweeter, and bemist your outlook on the pitiless mirth of day. ...

— The Fugitive • Rabindranath Tagore

... like an affront, but when Mr. Curtenty, full of private mirth, said, 'Chuck us your stick in,' he give him the stick, and smiled under reservation. Jos Curtenty had no use for the geese; he could conceive no purpose which they might be made to serve, no smallest corner for them in his universe. ...

— Tales of the Five Towns • Arnold Bennett

... race. What were they about, to let him do all this with such consummate ease? Surely they must have slept like logs, and thus left the whole game in his hands. He made himself the "prince of this world," although they created it; and if those may laugh who win, he was entitled to roar out his mirth to the shaking ...

— Bible Romances - First Series • George W. Foote

... be a fool, the cup that is thrust into your hands looks goodly. Drink, drink deep. You'll never guess the liquor's bad—till to-morrow—though it be mixed with a husband's poisoned blood," and again Rassen screamed in his unholy mirth. ...

— Ayesha - The Further History of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed • H. Rider Haggard

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