hilarious

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The word used both by him and by St. Augustine is that which gives us the English word "hilarious."

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  1. adjective Characterized by or causing great merriment.

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  • Katharine Heller -- hilarious, sexy and full of spontaneous energy - is this month's guest host, along with the ever-fabulous "Miss Fortune." —  BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
  • Some of the entries I have read have been hilarious, and interesting. —  HeyJude
  • Match Game was pretty hilarious, and Rayburn's simian leer fit it nicely, but there are only so many times, Gene, that you and Charles Nelson Reilly can snicker at the rubes before that shtick gets old. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • You know what's hilarious, they are really bad dressers. —  StyleCritics
  • The Gay Blades: I don't think people know what to make of these guys … we think they're hilarious, and play awesome music. —  AbsolutePunk.net - News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin hilaris, cheerful; see hilarity + -ious.

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  1. from Old French hilarious, hilarieux, from Latin as if *hilariosus, for hilaris, hilarus (later Italian ilare = Old French hilaire), from Greek ἱλαρός, cheerful, glad, gay (cf. ἴλαος, propitious, kind).
 

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/haɪˈleɪrɪəs/
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