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- mid-15c., from Latin hilaritatem (nominative hilaritas) "cheerfulness, gaiety, merriment," from hilaris "cheerful, merry," from Greek hilaros "cheerful, merry, joyous," related to hilaos "graceful, kindly," hilaskomai "to propitiate, appease, reconcile,"and probably from a suffixed form of a PIE root *selh- "reconcile" (source also of Latin solari "to comfort").
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HILARITY definition: 1. a situation in which people laugh very loudly and think something is very funny: 2. a situation…. Learn more.
The word "hilarity" comes from the Latin word "hilaris," meaning "cheerful" or "merry." Meaning: Hilarity refers to a state of extreme and unrestrained joy or laughter. It is a feeling of great amusement, mirth, or jollity. Origin: The Latin word "hilaris" is believed to have originated from the Greek word "hilaros," which also means "cheerful."
hilarity in American English. (hɪˈlærɪti, -ˈlɛər-, hai-) noun. 1. cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness. 2. boisterous gaiety or merriment. SYNONYMS 2. See mirth.
The earliest known use of the noun hilarity is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for hilarity is from 1568, in the writing of Gilbert Skeyne, physician. hilarity is a borrowing from French.
The meaning of HILARITY is boisterous merriment or laughter. How to use hilarity in a sentence.
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