"mirth" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /mɜɹθ/ [General-American], [mɝθ] [General-American], /mɜːθ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-mirth.ogg [US] Forms: mirths [plural]
enPR: mûrth Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ Etymology: From Middle English merth, myrthe, murhthe, from Old English mergþ, mirgþ, myrgþ (“mirth, joy”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgiþu (“briefness, brevity”); equivalent to merry + -th. Cognate with Middle Dutch merchte (“pleasure, joy, delight”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|merth}} Middle English merth, {{m|enm|myrthe}} myrthe, {{m|enm|murhthe}} murhthe, {{inh|en|ang|mergþ}} Old English mergþ, {{m|ang|mirgþ}} mirgþ, {{m|ang|myrgþ|t=mirth, joy}} myrgþ (“mirth, joy”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*murgīþu|*murgiþu|t=briefness, brevity}} Proto-West Germanic *murgiþu (“briefness, brevity”), {{af|en|merry|-th}} merry + -th, {{cog|dum|merchte|t=pleasure, joy, delight}} Middle Dutch merchte (“pleasure, joy, delight”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} mirth (usually uncountable, plural mirths)
  1. The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Happiness Synonyms: merriment, delight, glee, hilarity, jollity, gaiety
    Sense id: en-mirth-en-noun-bNGdv4i0 Disambiguation of Happiness: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -th, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -th: 68 32 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 77 6 6 12
  2. That which causes merriment. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (merriment): εὐφροσύνη (euphrosúnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), веселие (veselie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), радост (radost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 歡笑 (Chinese Mandarin), 欢笑 (huānxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 愉快 (yúkuài) (Chinese Mandarin), 高興 (Chinese Mandarin), 高兴 (gāoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), veselí [neuter] (Czech), vrolijkheid (Dutch), ilo (Finnish), hilpeys (Finnish), gaieté [feminine] (French), მხიარულება (mxiaruleba) (Georgian), სიმხიარულე (simxiarule) (Georgian), სიხარული (sixaruli) (Georgian), Fröhlichkeit [feminine] (German), Belustigung [feminine] (German), Freude [feminine] (German), ευθυμία (efthymía) [feminine] (Greek), κέφι (kéfi) [feminine] (Greek), gioia [feminine] (Italian), allegria [feminine] (Italian), 笑い (warai) (english: laugh) (alt: わらい) (Japanese), 遊び (asobi) (english: play) (alt: あそび) (Japanese), 喜び (yorokobi) (english: joy) (alt: よろこび) (Japanese), 歓楽 (kanraku) (Japanese), ആഹ്ലാദം (āhlādaṁ) (Malayalam), Freid [feminine] (Plautdietsch), alegria [feminine] (Portuguese), júbilo [masculine] (Portuguese), ра́дость (rádostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), весе́лье (vesélʹje) [neuter] (Russian), sogan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), felicidad [feminine] (Spanish), alegría [feminine] (Spanish), júbilo (Spanish), munterhet [common-gender] (Swedish), glädje [common-gender] (Swedish), веселощі (veselošči) [plural] (Ukrainian), радість (radistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian) Translations (that which causes merriment): ilo (Finnish), ilonaihe (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-mirth-en-noun-EvmrzwbF Disambiguation of 'merriment': 42 58 Disambiguation of 'that which causes merriment': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mirthful, mirthfully, mirthfulness, mirthless, mirthlessly, mirthlessness, mirthy

Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English myrgþ. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|myrgþ}} Old English myrgþ Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} mirth
  1. Alternative form of myrthe Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: myrthe
    Sense id: en-mirth-enm-noun-OcMoFKVx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Etymology: Derived from myrthe (noun). Etymology templates: {{l|en|myrthe|pos=noun}} myrthe (noun) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} mirth
  1. Alternative form of myrthen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: myrthen
    Sense id: en-mirth-enm-verb-mK6HvmUD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mxiaruleba",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "word": "მხიარულება"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "სიხარული"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Belustigung"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Freude"
        },
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "efthymía",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ευθυμία"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kéfi",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κέφι"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "euphrosúnē",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gioia"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "allegria"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "alt": "わらい",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "laugh",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "warai",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "word": "笑い"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "alt": "あそび",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "play",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "asobi",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "word": "遊び"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "alt": "よろこび",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "joy",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yorokobi",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "word": "喜び"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kanraku",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "word": "歓楽"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "āhlādaṁ",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "word": "ആഹ്ലാദം"
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          "sense": "merriment",
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          "word": "Freid"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "alegria"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "júbilo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rádostʹ",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ра́дость"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vesélʹje",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "весе́лье"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sogan"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "felicidad"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "alegría"
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          "_dis1": "42 58",
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          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "glädje"
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          "roman": "veselošči",
          "sense": "merriment",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "radistʹ",
          "sense": "merriment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "радість"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
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          "sense": "that which causes merriment",
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        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that which causes merriment",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    }
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        }
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        "Alternative form of myrthen"
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        [
          "myrthen",
          "myrthen#Middle English"
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        "alt-of",
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}
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)θ/1 syllable",
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      "word": "mirthful"
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      "word": "mirthfully"
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      "word": "mirthfulness"
    },
    {
      "word": "mirthless"
    },
    {
      "word": "mirthlessly"
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      "word": "mirthlessness"
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      "word": "mirthy"
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
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          "word": "sadness"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl:",
          "text": "Their eyes met and they began to laugh. They laughed as children do when they cannot contain themselves, and can not explain the cause of their mirth to grown people, but share it perfectly together.",
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        }
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          "laughter"
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          "word": "delight"
        },
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          "word": "glee"
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        {
          "word": "hilarity"
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        {
          "word": "jollity"
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          "word": "gaiety"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "[mɝθ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɜːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)θ"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-us-mirth.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "enpr": "mûrth"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veselie",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "веселие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "radost",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радост"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "歡笑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huānxiào",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "欢笑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúkuài",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "愉快"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "高興"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāoxìng",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "高兴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veselí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "vrolijkheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "ilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "hilpeys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaieté"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mxiaruleba",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "მხიარულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "simxiarule",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "სიმხიარულე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sixaruli",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "სიხარული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fröhlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Belustigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Freude"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "efthymía",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ευθυμία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kéfi",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κέφι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "euphrosúnē",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εὐφροσύνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gioia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "allegria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "わらい",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "laugh",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "warai",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "笑い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あそび",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "play",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "asobi",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "遊び"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よろこび",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "joy",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yorokobi",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "喜び"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanraku",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "歓楽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "āhlādaṁ",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "ആഹ്ലാദം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Freid"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alegria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "júbilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́дость"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "весе́лье"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sogan"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "felicidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alegría"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "word": "júbilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "munterhet"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "glädje"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "veselošči",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "веселощі"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "radistʹ",
      "sense": "merriment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радість"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which causes merriment",
      "word": "ilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which causes merriment",
      "word": "ilonaihe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mirth"
}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English verbs"
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        "2": "verb"
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}

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