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mirthlesse

mirthlesse is the obsolete form of mirthless.

Meaning of mirthless

Adjective

mirthless (comparative more mirthless, superlative most mirthless)

  1. Lacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
    • The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms: hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal...1958 December 7, James Thurber, The New York Times Magazine

Questions about mirthlesse

What is mirthlesse the obsolete form of?
Mirthlesse is the obsolete form of mirthless.

Words near mirthlesse in the dictionary

  1. mirthfully
  2. mirthfulness
  3. mirthier
  4. mirthiest
  5. mirthless
  6. mirthlesse
  7. mirthlessly
  8. mirthlessness
  9. mirthquake
  10. mirthquakes
  11. mirths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mirthlesse (page history and authors); mirthless (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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