Meaning of mirthsome | Babel Free

Definitions

Full of mirth.

Examples

“The violets blow⟳, and mirthsome birds / With wild song fill⟳ the air”

“Every Russian noble, […] may appear⟳ as gay as a released bird, because the Muscovite improvidence of character allows him to feel⟳ mirthsome with the prospect of immediate enjoyment before him, and the certainty of the evil day of reckoning being a year or two removed; but when he is returning, there flashes across his mind⟳ the dread of all that may have⟳ been reported upon his conversation and conduct.”

“The "Worship⟳ of Venus," in the bright and varied scale of its tones, and the brilliant play⟳ of its lights, is a conception of a gleeful and mirthsome stamp⟳.”

“They bid me laugh⟳, and with mirthsome wiles / And the laughing jests of the free and gay, / They seek⟳ to call⟳ to my face⟳ the smiles / That mock the joy that is far away.”

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