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Noun [English]

IPA: /mɜɹθ/ [General-American], [mɝθ] [General-American], /mɜːθ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-mirth.ogg Forms: mirths [plural]
enPR: mûrth [General-American] 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, {{inh|en|ang|mergþ}} Old English mergþ, {{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 humor and accompanied by laughter. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Happiness Synonyms: merriment, delight, glee, hilarity, jollity, gaiety
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  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), gajeco (Esperanto), 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). 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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          "english": "laugh",
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          "word": "ആഹ്ലാദം"
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      "links": [
        [
          "myrthe",
          "myrthe#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mirth"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Derived from myrthe (noun).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "mirth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "myrthen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of myrthen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "myrthen",
          "myrthen#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mirth"
}

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