mirth
English
/mɜɹθ/, /mɜːθ/
noun
Definitions
- The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety.
- That which causes merriment.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English merth inherited from Old English mergþ inherited from Proto-Germanic *murgiþō (briefness, brevity) affix from English merry.
Origin
English
merry
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- merrily English
- merriment English
- merriness English
- merry English
- merrymaker English
- merrymaking English
- merrymeeting English
- merrythought English
- mirthful English
- mirthfuller English
- mirthfully English
- mirthfulness English
- mirthless English
- mirthlessly English
- mirthlessness English
- mirthsome English
- mirthsomeness English
- mirthy English
- overmerry English
- unmerry English
- unmirthful English
- *murgiþō Proto-Germanic
- mergþ Old English
- myrgþ Old English
- merth Middle English
- mery Middle English
- mirthful Middle English
- myrtheles Middle English