mirth

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Old English myrġþ, approximately equivalent to merry +‎ -th.

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mirth (plural mirths)

  1. The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety.
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
      And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that, though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his mirth.
  2. That which causes merriment.

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