mirthfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈməːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈmərθf(ə)l/

Forms: see mirth n. and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mirth n., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < mirth n. + -ful suffix.

a. Of a person, or a person's demeanour, disposition, etc.: full of mirth; joyful, merry.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]

blitheOE

merryOE

golikc1175

lustya1225

playfulc1225

jollyc1305

merrya1350

jocund?c1380

galliardc1386

in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395

mirthfula1400

baudec1400

gayc1400

jovy1426

jocantc1440

crank1499

envoisiesa1500

as merry as a cricket1509

pleasant1530

frolic?1548

jolious1575

gleeful1586

buxom1590

gleesome1590

festival1592

laughter-loving1592

disposed1593

jucund1596

heartsomec1600

jovial1607

jovialist1610

laughsome1612

jocundary1618

gaysome1633

chirpinga1637

jovialissime1652

airy1654

festivous1654

hilarous1659

spleneticala1661

cocket1671

cranny1673

high1695

vogie1715

raffing?1719

festal1724

as merry (or lively) as a grig1728

hearty1755

tittuping1772

festive1774

fun-loving1776

mirthsome1787

Falstaffian1809

cranky1811

laughful1825

as lively as a cricket1832

hurrah1835

hilarious1838

Bacchic1865

laughterful1874

griggish1879

banzai1929

slap-you-on-the-back1932

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10611 (MED) Þai..taght hir to þat kirc..þar bileft þat mirthful mai.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 183 Be myrthfull now at all ȝour mycht, For passit is ȝour dully nycht.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 357 Befoir that mirthfull man menstrallis playis.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 14 Brasse buttons, pieces of Pewter, spur-rowels, or what else the mirthfull Saylers exchange.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 415 A mirthful phrenzy seiz'd the fated crowd.

a1745 W. Broome tr. Anacreon Odes (1835) liv. 8 Hence, hoary Age!—I now am young, And dance the mirthful Youths among.

1763 J. Warton Fashion 6 As mirthful Infants, idling out the Day, With wooden Swords, or toothless Puppies play.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 45 Each mirthful lout The ale-house seeks.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xvi. 187 ‘It will not suffice,’ said some of the mirthful party.

1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xviii. 173 Anne..could not help thinking longingly of Patty's Place, its cosy open fire, Aunt Jamesina's mirthful eyes.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iv. i. 279 His constant expression of incorrigible and mirthful disbelief had left him now.

1991 C. Hammond How to use Homeopathy (BNC) 118 Sometimes they are loquacious and mirthful when ill.

b. Of a place, time, etc.: characterized by mirth or rejoicing. Of a sound, utterance, etc.: expressive of mirth, prompted by joy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of things, places, or seasons

blithea1300

jocund?c1380

mirthful?a1513

gaysome1598

mirthsome1841

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of sounds or utterances

mirthful?a1513

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 167 Thane all the birdis song with voce on hicht, Quhois mirthfull soun wes mervelus to heir.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 998 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 126 In mirthfull moneth of may.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 198 This Ceremony..to Libidinists may seeme mirthfull and charitable.

1680 J. Chamberlaine Sacred Poem 161 I am the Subject of their mirthful Song.

1739 W. Broome Poems 44 Some careless waste the mirthful Day With generous Wines, and wanton Play.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 13 Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 128 But most, his Reverence lov'd a mirthful Jest.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. ii. 26 There is nothing very mirthful in your strain.

1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xvii. 234 I cannot sing a mirthful strain.

1909 Chatterbox 46/2 That naughty child..Unheeds the mirthful hours, I fear.

1955 A. R. Ammons Ommateum 22 Dying in a mirthful place I looked around at..The hips and laughing throats And the motions of the dance.

1986 D. Madden Hidden Symptoms (1988) 22 The mirthful sounds of half a conversation were audible.

2. Of a thing: entertaining, amusing; affording mirth.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective]

mirthfula1547

mirth-moving1598

laughable1600

mirth-inspiring1725

laugh-at-able1759

laughsome1798

mirth-provoking1828

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Dii^v There mirthful wealth, there kingdom is for thee.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vii. 43 And now what rests but that we spend the time, With stately Triumphs and mirthfull comicke shewes.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. v. x. f. 207 To purge your mindes of melancholly, and entertaine the time with mirthful matter.

1684 J. Harington Grecian Story 1 Mirthful Play Was their chief end.

1762 S. Scott Descr. Millenium Hall 11 Many mirthful scenes and juvenile amusements return to the remembrance.

1799 W. Godwin St. Leon II. v. 130 The son..looks back with a wistful eye upon his mirthful sports, his former companions, and the simple charms of her who first obtained his guileless love.

1833 C. Lamb Stage Illusion in Last Ess. Elia 26 The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him.

1877 Athenæum 13 Oct. 475/2 The piece..is one of the most mirthful and original that has, during late years, been seen on the stage.

1943 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 766 (caption) Playing ‘shoes in a circle’ by moonlight is mirthful sport.

1987 New Republic 8 June 26/1 It may have sounded like a mirthful idea for May to kick off with a Bob Hope–Bing Crosby formula.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mirthful
释义	mirthfuladj. Brit. /ˈməːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈmərθf(ə)l/ Forms: see mirth n. and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mirth n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < mirth n. + -ful suffix. 1. a. Of a person, or a person's demeanour, disposition, etc.: full of mirth; joyful, merry. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10611 (MED) Þai..taght hir to þat kirc..þar bileft þat mirthful mai. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 183 Be myrthfull now at all ȝour mycht, For passit is ȝour dully nycht. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 357 Befoir that mirthfull man menstrallis playis. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 14 Brasse buttons, pieces of Pewter, spur-rowels, or what else the mirthfull Saylers exchange. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 415 A mirthful phrenzy seiz'd the fated crowd. a1745 W. Broome tr. Anacreon Odes (1835) liv. 8 Hence, hoary Age!—I now am young, And dance the mirthful Youths among. 1763 J. Warton Fashion 6 As mirthful Infants, idling out the Day, With wooden Swords, or toothless Puppies play. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 45 Each mirthful lout The ale-house seeks. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xvi. 187 ‘It will not suffice,’ said some of the mirthful party. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xviii. 173 Anne..could not help thinking longingly of Patty's Place, its cosy open fire, Aunt Jamesina's mirthful eyes. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iv. i. 279 His constant expression of incorrigible and mirthful disbelief had left him now. 1991 C. Hammond How to use Homeopathy (BNC) 118 Sometimes they are loquacious and mirthful when ill. b. Of a place, time, etc.: characterized by mirth or rejoicing. Of a sound, utterance, etc.: expressive of mirth, prompted by joy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of things, places, or seasons blithea1300 jocund?c1380 mirthful?a1513 gaysome1598 mirthsome1841 the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of sounds or utterances mirthful?a1513 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 167 Thane all the birdis song with voce on hicht, Quhois mirthfull soun wes mervelus to heir. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 998 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 126 In mirthfull moneth of may. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 198 This Ceremony..to Libidinists may seeme mirthfull and charitable. 1680 J. Chamberlaine Sacred Poem 161 I am the Subject of their mirthful Song. 1739 W. Broome Poems 44 Some careless waste the mirthful Day With generous Wines, and wanton Play. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 13 Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 128 But most, his Reverence lov'd a mirthful Jest. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. ii. 26 There is nothing very mirthful in your strain. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xvii. 234 I cannot sing a mirthful strain. 1909 Chatterbox 46/2 That naughty child..Unheeds the mirthful hours, I fear. 1955 A. R. Ammons Ommateum 22 Dying in a mirthful place I looked around at..The hips and laughing throats And the motions of the dance. 1986 D. Madden Hidden Symptoms (1988) 22 The mirthful sounds of half a conversation were audible. 2. Of a thing: entertaining, amusing; affording mirth. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] mirthfula1547 mirth-moving1598 laughable1600 mirth-inspiring1725 laugh-at-able1759 laughsome1798 mirth-provoking1828 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Dii^v There mirthful wealth, there kingdom is for thee. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vii. 43 And now what rests but that we spend the time, With stately Triumphs and mirthfull comicke shewes. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. v. x. f. 207 To purge your mindes of melancholly, and entertaine the time with mirthful matter. 1684 J. Harington Grecian Story 1 Mirthful Play Was their chief end. 1762 S. Scott Descr. Millenium Hall 11 Many mirthful scenes and juvenile amusements return to the remembrance. 1799 W. Godwin St. Leon II. v. 130 The son..looks back with a wistful eye upon his mirthful sports, his former companions, and the simple charms of her who first obtained his guileless love. 1833 C. Lamb Stage Illusion in Last Ess. Elia 26 The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. 1877 Athenæum 13 Oct. 475/2 The piece..is one of the most mirthful and original that has, during late years, been seen on the stage. 1943 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 766 (caption) Playing ‘shoes in a circle’ by moonlight is mirthful sport. 1987 New Republic 8 June 26/1 It may have sounded like a mirthful idea for May to kick off with a Bob Hope–Bing Crosby formula. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400
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