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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 definition: 1. a situation in which people laugh very loudly and think something is very funny: 2. a situation…. Learn more.
There was much hilarity when Geoffrey steamed in ten minutes late. Word Origin. late Middle English (in the sense ‘cheerfulness’): from French hilarité, from Latin hilaritas ‘cheerfulness, merriment’, from hilaris, from Greek hilaros ‘cheerful’. Definitions on the go.
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HILARITY meaning: 1. a situation in which people laugh very loudly and think something is very funny: 2. a situation…. Learn more.
The meaning of HILARITY is boisterous merriment or laughter. How to use hilarity in a sentence.
Origin of Hilarity. From Latin hilaritas, "cheerfulness", from adjective hilaris, "cheerful", ultimately from Greek, + noun of state suffix -tas.
