Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mirthful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mirthful \Mirth"ful\, a.
1. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.
2. Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.
Mirthful, comic shows. --Shak.
-- {Mirth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mirth"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mirthful
adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd
at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jolly},
{jovial}, {merry}]
2: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny
writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt
so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comic}, {comical}, {funny}, {laughable},
{risible}]
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