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   hilarity

   /hɪˈlarɪti/

   noun

   • 1. extreme amusement, especially when expressed by laughter: "his incredulous expression was the cause of much hilarity"
   • ▪ boisterous merriment: "by midnight the hilarity had increased"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘cheerfulness’): from French hilarité, from Latin hilaritas ‘cheerfulness, merriment’, from hilaris (see hilarious).

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   What does hilarity mean?

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   What is the origin of the word 'hilarity'?

   • The word 'hilarity' comes from hilaris, meaning 'cheerful' in Latin. The meaning 'boisterously joyful' emerged in the 1830s.

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   What is hilarity at charity events?

   • Hilarity -- or at least what passes for it at charity events -- ensued. The combination of determined hilarity and sadness is often quite moving. But his or her actions often result in the most hilarity. The auto-generated returns can offer, at turns, melancholy and hilarity and poetry and paranoia.

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   Is hilarity too good to be true?

   • But if some of the hilarity seems too good to be true, that's because it is. Alcohol relaxes, facilitates interaction, inspires ideas and promotes humor and hilarity. And, until now, he has been received by the public with the same combination of incredulity and indulgent hilarity as that research boat.

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   Does hilarity disguise a serious political note?

   • The conceit on which the play rests, confusion of dog with baby, is fittingly absurd, but hilarity should not disguise the more serious political note. Critics prefer solemnity to hilarity in their heroes. There is a desperate hilarity about him.

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   Do critics prefer hilarity or solemnity?

   • Critics prefer solemnity to hilarity in their heroes. There is a desperate hilarity about him. There were moments of great hilarity, especially when the activities required social interaction in close physical space, and spontaneous, quick group improvisations using body and gesture. That caused tremendous hilarity on the benches opposite.

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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.

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     HILARITY definicja: 1. a situation in which people laugh...

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     HILARITY meaning: 1. a situation in which people laugh very...

   • Hilarity: Japanese Translation

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     HILARITY translate: ilarità, ilarità. Learn more in the...

   • Hilarity: Korean Translation

     hilarity translate: 우스꽝스러움. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   uncountable noun. Hilarity is great amusement and laughter. No one outside our family can understand the hilarity each time we see this plant. Synonyms: merriment, high spirits, mirth, gaiety [old-fashioned] More Synonyms of hilarity. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   Hilarity is that side-splitting, tear-inducing, laugh-until-you-can't-breathe happiness of a romping good time. There's usually an atmosphere of hilarity just after the ball drops on New Year's Eve.

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   HILARITY definition: a lot of loud laughter because people think something is very funny. Learn more.