Defn: Without mirth.
— Mirth"less*ness, n.
MIRY
Mir"y, a. Etym: [From 2d Mire.]
Defn: Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road.
MIRYACHIT Mir"ya*chit`, n. [Written also myriachit.] [Yakoot merjäk epileptic, fr. imerek jerk, rage.] (Med.)
Defn: A nervous disease in which the patient involuntarily imitates the words or action of another.
MIRZA Mir"za, n. Etym: [Per. mirza, abbrev. fr. mirzadeh son of the prince; mir prince (Ar. amir, emir) + zadeh son.]
Defn: The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.
MIS- Mis-. Etym: [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS. mis-; akin to D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. & Dan. mis-, Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. midan, AS. mi (Miss to fail of). In words from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F. mé-, mes-, fr. L. minus less (see Minus). In present usage these two prefixes are commonly confounded.]
Defn: A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.
MIS
Mis, a. & adv. Etym: [See Amiss.]