Meanings
comparative mirthfuller · comparative more mirthful · superlative mirthfullest · superlative most mirthful · alternative mirthfull
- Filled with mirth.
[T]he Feaſt was ſerv'd; the Bowl was crown'd; / To the King's Pleaſure went the mirthful Round: […]
1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, book II (Pleasure), page 437
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adjectivearousing or provoking laughter
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Origin
- Middle Englishmirthful
- Englishmirthful
From Middle English mirthful, equivalent to mirth + -ful.
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