hilarity
nounEtymology
From Latin hilaritās (“cheerfulness”), from hilaris (“cheerful”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful”). By surface analysis, Latin hilar(ō) + -i- + -ty.
Definitions
A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter.
- When the new baby's rubber duck squeaked at the wedding, hilarity ensued.
- In the rattle of the box, and of their agreeable conversation, Sir Francis’s spirits rose to their accustomed point of feeble hilarity.
Something that induces much laughter.
- Many other Latin imports have become staples of our diet, like the burrito, which in Spanish means "little donkey." What other food-related hilarities are we missing out on?
The neighborhood
- synonymcheerfulness
- synonymbuoyancy
- synonymdelight
- synonymgaiety
- synonymglee
- synonymjauntiness
- synonymmerriment
- synonymmirth
- neighborhilarious
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at hilarity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at hilarity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at hilarity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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