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Definition of Mirthfulness
1. Noun. Great merriment.
Generic synonyms: Gaiety, Merriment
Derivative terms: Gleeful, Hilarious, Mirthful, Mirthful
Definition of Mirthfulness
1. Noun. The property of being mirthful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mirthfulness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirthfulness
Literary usage of Mirthfulness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heads and Faces, and how to Study Them: A Manual of Phrenology and by Nelson Sizer, Henry Shipman Drayton (1885)
"mirthfulness. Man is the only being that laughs, and although wit may be used as
... No subject is better appreciated than wit or mirthfulness, yet there is ..."
2. A History of American Literature by Moses Coit Tyler (1878)
"... of travellers—His powers of description—Merit of his verses—mirthfulness— \Volves,
humming-birds, fishes—Eloquent and playful sketches of Indians. ..."
3. The Glory and the Shame of England by Charles Edwards Lester (1845)
"his character beforehand), indicates a clear and beautiful intellect, in which
the organs of perception, mirthfulness, ideality, and comparison, predominate ..."
4. A History of American Literature During the Colonial Time by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... literary ability—Analysis of his book—His defence of the honesty of travellers—H
is powers of description—Merit of his verses—mirthfulness— Wolves, ..."
5. A New System of Phrenology by John Shertzer Hittell (1857)
"mirthfulness occupies a space nearly an inch square outside of, and partly below
Causality, and reaching to the corner of the temple. ..."
6. Elements of Phrenology by George Combe (1835)
"WIT, OR mirthfulness. 2.0Hy<v~> I EVERY one knows what is meant by Wit, and yet
no word presents more difficulties in its definition. ..."
7. Practical Phrenology by Silas Jones (1836)
"As reverence magnifies and heightens the conceptions of greatness and power, so
mirthfulness gives us a quick sense of the little, unimportant, ..."
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