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hilarity

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hi·lar·i·ty  (h-lr-t, -lâr-, h-)
n.
Great merriment.

[Middle English hilarite, good spirits, from Old French, from Latin hilarits, from hilaris, cheerful, from Greek hilaros.]

hilarity [hɪˈlærɪtɪ]
n
mirth and merriment; cheerfulness
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hilarityhilarity - great merriment                      
gaiety, merriment - a gay feeling

hilarity
Translations
hilarity [hɪˈlærɪtɪ] Nhilaridad f
hilarity [hɪˈlærɪti] nhilarité f
hilarity
nHeiterkeit f; (= gaiety)Fröhlichkeit f; (= laughter)Gelächter nt; his statement caused some hilarityseine Behauptung löste einige Heiterkeit aus
hilarity [hɪˈlærɪtɪ] nilarità
hilarity [hɪˈlærɪtɪ] nilarità


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A man with a reflective turn of mind, walking through an exhibition of this sort, will not be oppressed, I take it, by his own or other people's hilarity.
BUT there was no hilarity in the little town that same tranquil Saturday afternoon.
There was an absence of the usual hilarity which struck me.
 
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