Noah Webster
Mirth
MIRTH, noun merth. Social merriment; hilarity; high excitement of pleasurable feelings in company; noisy gayety; jollity. mirth differs from joy and cheerfulness, as always implying noise.
With genial joy to warm the soul,
Bright Helen mixed a mirth-inspiring bowl.
I will cause to cease the voice of mirth from Judah and Jerusalem. Jeremiah 7:34.