merines
Middle English
Alternative forms
- mirines, myrynesse, mirynes
Etymology
From mery + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛriːnɛs/, /ˈmiriːnɛs/
Noun
merines (rare, Late Middle English)
- merriness
Descendants
- English: merriness
References
- “mirīnes(se (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.