5 dictionary results for: hilarity
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hi·lar·i·ty
[hi-lar-i-tee, -lair-, hahy-] Pronunciation Key
[hi-lar-i-tee, -lair-, hahy-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness. |
| 2. | boisterous gaiety or merriment. |
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| hi·lar·i·ty
(hĭ-lār'ĭ-tē, -lâr'-, hī-) Pronunciation Key
n. Great merriment. [Middle English hilarite, good spirits, from Old French, from Latin hilaritās, from hilaris, cheerful, from Greek hilaros.] |
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hilarity
hilarity
1440, from L. hilaritas (gen. hilaritatis) "cheerfulness, gaiety," from hilaris "cheerful, gay," from Gk. hilaros, related to hilaos "graceful, kindly." In ancient Rome, Hilaria (neut. pl. of hilaris) were a class of holidays, times of pomp and rejoicing; there were public ones in honor of Cybele at the spring equinoxes as well as private ones on the day of a marriage or a son's birth.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Hilarity
Hi*lar"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. hilaritas: cf. F. hilarit['e]. See Hilarious.] Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. --Goldsmith. Note: Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative. Syn: Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.
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