MIRTH
What does "MIRTH" mean?
Amusement or laughter; gladness expressed in merriment.
Meanings
- Gaiety or jollity, especially when expressed by laughter. The room filled with mirth at his joke.
Did you know?
- 'Mirth' is simply 'merry' turned into a noun: Old English added a '-th' suffix the way it did to make 'warmth' from 'warm' and 'truth' from 'true', so mirth is literally 'merry-ness'.
Word origin
From Old English 'myrgth' (joy, pleasure), formed from 'myrige' (pleasant, merry) plus the abstract-noun suffix '-th'; it is the noun cousin of the adjective 'merry'.
Remember it
MIRTH = 'merry' wearing a 'TH' coat: the same -TH that makes warmTH and truTH turns merry into mirth.
A little poem
It starts behind the ribs, a small warm quake,
then breaks across the table like spilled light-
and even the strangers lean toward its sound.
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Wordplay
- Warmth, truth, and mirth walked in together. They had nothing in common but their ending - and yet that ending was everything.
What it teaches
Real mirth is contagious before it is even understood - the body laughs along before the mind catches up.
Quick facts
What does MIRTH mean?
Amusement or laughter; gladness expressed in merriment.
Is MIRTH a valid word?
Yes — MIRTH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MIRTH?
MIRTH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does MIRTH come from?
From Old English 'myrgth' (joy, pleasure), formed from 'myrige' (pleasant, merry) plus the abstract-noun suffix '-th'; it is the noun cousin of the adjective 'merry'.
What can MIRTH teach us?
Real mirth is contagious before it is even understood - the body laughs along before the mind catches up.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.