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mirth
O.E.
myrgð
"joy, pleasure," from P.Gmc.
*murgitha,
noun of quality from
*murgjo-
(see
merry
).
Mirthquake
"entertainment that excites convulsive laughter" first attested 1928, in ref. to Harold Lloyd movies.