MIRTH, noun merth. Social merriment; hilarity; high excitement of pleasurable feelings in company; noisy gayety; jollity. mirth differs from joy and cheerfulness, as always implying noise. With genial joy to warm the soul, Bright Helen mixed a mirth-inspiring bowl. I will cause to cease the voice of mirth from Judah and Jerusalem. Jeremiah 7:34.
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