Definition for MIRTH

MIRTH, n. [merth; Sax. mirht, myrhth; mirig, merry; Ar. مَرِحَ maricha, to be very brisk or joyful. Class Mr. No. 10.]

Social merriment; hilarity; high excitement of pleasurable feelings in company; noisy gayety; jollity. Mirth differs from joy and cheerfulness, as always implying noise. With genial joy to warm the soul, / Bright Helen mixed a mirth-inspiring bowl. Pope. I will cause to cease the voice of mirth from Judah and Jerusalem. Jer. vii.

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