Both Uses of
mirth
in
Things Fall Apart
- At the end, Unoka was able to give an answer between fresh outbursts of mirth.†
p. 7.6 *
- He laughed a mirthless laughter, and turned to his sons and daughters.†
p. 134.4mirthless = without fun and laughterstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in mirthless means without and reverses the meaning of mirth. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
Definition:
fun and laughter