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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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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 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."
uk / hɪˈlær.ə.ti / us / hɪˈler.ə.t̬i / Add to word list. a situation in which people laugh very loudly and think something is very funny: What was all the hilarity about? Synonym. mirth literary. Compare. glee. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humour & humorous. amusingly. bitingly. blackly. bone dry idiom. bring. coruscating. drily.
The meaning of HILARITY is boisterous merriment or laughter. How to use hilarity in a sentence.
A complete guide to the word "HILARITY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
noun. /hɪˈlærəti/. /hɪˈlærəti/. [uncountable] the state of finding something very funny. The announcement was greeted with great hilarity. Their appearance caused a great deal of hilarity. There was much hilarity when Geoffrey steamed in ten minutes late. Word Origin.
