mirthful

English

Alternative forms

• mirthfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English mirthful, equivalent to mirth +‎ -ful.

Adjective

mirthful (comparative mirthfuller or more mirthful, superlative mirthfullest or most mirthful)

1. Filled with mirth.

   Synonyms: happy, joyful

   Antonym: mirthless

   • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, book II (Pleasure), page 437:

     [T]he Feaſt was ſerv'd; the Bowl was crown'd; / To the King's Pleaſure went the mirthful Round: […]

Derived terms

• mirthfully
• mirthfulness