Mirthful, comic shows.
Shak.
-- Mirth"ful*ly, adv. -- Mirth"ful*ness, n.
Mirth"less, a. Without mirth. -- Mirth"less*ness, n.
Mir"y (?), a. [From 2d Mire.] Abounding with deep mud; full of mire;
muddy; as, a miry road.
Mir"za (?), n. [Per. mrz, abbrev. fr. mrzdeh son of the prince; mr
prince (Ar. amr, emr) + zdeh son.] The common title of honor in Persia,
prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname,
it signifies Prince.
Mis- (ms-). [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.
mdan, AS. mðan (√100. Cf. 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.] A prefix
used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill,
wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.
Mis (ms), a. & adv. [See Amiss.] Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] "To correcten
that [which] is mis." Chaucer.
Mis*ac`cep*ta"tion (?), n. Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong
sense.
Mis`ac*compt" (?), v. t. To account or reckon wrongly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mis`ad*just" (?), v. t. To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw of
adjustment. I. Taylor.
Mis`ad*just"ment (?), n. Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.
Mis`ad*ven"ture (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F. mésaventure.]
Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure.
Chaucer.
Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when a man, doing
a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills
another; -- called also excusable homicide. See Homicide. Blackstone.
Syn. -- Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity.