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mirthsome, a.|ˈmɜːθsəm|
[f. mirth n. + -some.]
Characterized by mirth; mirthful, joyous.
1823Mirror I. 326/1 Mirthsome birds With wild song fill the air. 1841Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 459 This was a blythesome bridal, yet less mirthsome than mony I mind of.
Hence ˈmirthsomeness. Now rare.
1648W. Browne Polexander iii. iv. 122 Coming up to him with the mirthsomeness of a man that brings good newes. You have no more enemies, said he. Ibid. v. 135 Two [statues] represented the Pleasures as well by their youth, their mirthsomeness,..as [etc.]. |