mirth
Plural: mirths
Noun
- Spirited gaiety or merriment, especially as expressed in laughter.
- great merriment
- The emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter.
- That which causes merriment.
Examples
- Playing a seven-letter word brought great MIRTH to the Scrabble champion.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English merth, myrthe, murhthe, from Old English myrġþ (“mirth, joy”), from Proto-West Germanic *murgiþu (“briefness, brevity”); equivalent to merry + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch merchte (“pleasure, joy, delight”).
Synonyms
glee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirthfulness, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentedness, contentness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, felicity, gaiety, gayfulness, gayness, gladness, gladsomeness, gleesomeness, happiness, high spirits, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriment, merriness, mirth, pleasedness
Scrabble Score: 10
mirth: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmirth: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mirth: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary