mirth

Meaning

The emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter.
That which causes merriment.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɜɹθ/

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”).

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