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# mirth

«mirth» in Mova's school dictionary: **Laughter, fun and great happiness, especially among a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (mirth – uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Laughter, fun and great happiness, especially among a group of people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A slightly old, literary word. In The Wind in the Willows the banquet and the Christmas carols at Mole End are full of mirth; in Alice the Hatter's tea party is anything but. Stories say «roars of mirth», «shaking with mirth». Today in speech we would say «laughter» or «fun».

### examples

- The clown's tricks filled the room with mirth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/#x1)
- The children shook with mirth at Dad's joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/#x2)
- There was much mirth and merriment at the feast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/#x3)
- His face was red with mirth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/#x4)
- The field-mice sang carols, and there was great mirth at Mole End. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/#x5)
- Her mirth turned to tears when the puppy ran away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/#x6)
- But now no merry song or noise of mirth was heard from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: no «a mirth». Adjective: mirthful; «mirthless» means without joy («a mirthless laugh»).

### In the corpora

- [The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.494/)
- [There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.497/)
- [Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.387/)
- [I said of laughter: 'It is mad'; and of mirth: 'What doth it accomplish?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.19/)
- [The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.126/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mirth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.